I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.

I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.