UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

Life is full of surprises.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

People strive to be ahead of time just to get a chance to trip it.

...we can never attain a maximum love of God with only a minimum knowledge of God

Where there is light, there is a way out of the darkness

I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.

I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don't open, we crowbar our way in.

Wrongs are often forgiven; but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.

Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit on the wharf for a day.

You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.

I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions.