We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

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.

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

If life was what you made of it, then it could not be made for you.

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.

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

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.