Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

Civil society rests on moral relationships. They are covenantal rather than contractual. They are brought about not by governments but by us a husbands and wives, parents, friends and citizens, and by the knowledge of what we do and what we are makes a difference to those around us. (...) Renewing society's resources of moral energy is the program, urgent but achievable.

Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities.