Society today is so organised that every individual group has the power to disrupt it. How is their power to be channelled into constructive channels?

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.

I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it

Cruelty against innocent helpless animals is the worst form of violence.

I heard death had a name, but I forgot what it was.

Great posture never goes out of style.

Always entertain the possibility that something, no matter how squiggly and scary looking, might just be good.

I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it's fine.

Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what we are not conscious of.

A function of a variable quantity is an analytic expression composed in any way whatsoever of the variable quantity and numbers or constant quantities.

It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books.

It's that transformative nature of love and music and yoga that really inspires me.