We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation which has moved beyond the basics of literacy and numeracy and which wants to develop a learning culture.

I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.

We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.

There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.

The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.