It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.