I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.

America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.

I hate churches, all of them. But they used to know something about the importance of silence.

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.

We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.

Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.