You do not go out into the street in your underwear, although usually you are wearing underwear. The underwear is not visible but it is there all the time. It is the same with concepts. They are there. They underlie practical things we do- even when we are not conscious of them.

On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.

The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.

Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.

Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.