Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.

If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!

The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

...without equality there can be no democracy.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.