My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.

There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.

I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.

I have never once been persuaded as to the causal link between the Iraqi regime, al-Qaeda and September 11. I do believe the impact of war under these circumstances is bound to weaken the international coalition against terrorism itself.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.