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

Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.

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 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.

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.

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.

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