What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.

The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice.

I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks, and I would be prepared to go down to 20.

We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.

Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.

I believe that the struggle against death the unconditional and self-willed determination to live is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of all outstanding men.

A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.

It doesn't matter what it looks like; it matters what it feels like.

God is love; to do his will is to scatter love in handfuls of blessing on a weary world.

If you put a Mars bar in one of Glenn Hughes’ hands and a bass in the other, he’ll choose the Mars bar.

I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try.

Its a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience. My father and I have seen all 19 Bond films together, two or three times.

What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions