But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so well in the hymn: 'When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died. My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride.'

Terrorism thrives on a free society. The terrorist uses the feelings in a free society to sap the will of civilization to resist. If the terrorist succeeds, he has won and the whole of free society has lost.

The West as a whole in the early 1990s become obsessed with a 'peace dividend' that would be spent over and over again on any number of soft-hearted and sometimes soft-headed causes. Politicians forget that the only real peace dividend is peace.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.