Life was to be a search, or nothing! But it was the fear that it was nothing that drove me forward. Every encounter was an encounter with myself.

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought. In every crisis, the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed to know.

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.

As our Governments spin, lie and lose their credibility, the electorate simply shrugs and looks the other way.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.