All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

I try to operate on two unconnected levels. One on the practical level of action in which I am extremely cautious and conservative. The second is the realm of ideas where I try to be very free

The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.

I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner

The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.

I don't want to commit myself in advocating a definite republican constitution which will get bogged down with the question of who would elect the President and when.

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. And then he wins the world peace prize and becomes president of South Africa. That's how change happens. It's very important not to differentiate protest from the democratic process.