A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world.

There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

Remember, imperialism is always presented as humanitarian: the white man's burden, the cross going round the world, the poor benighted natives, the sun never sets. . . So you have to be very careful about humanitarianism.

I don't believe in the hereditary principle in the House of Lords. Imagine going to the dentist, sitting in the chair and he says, 'I'm not a dentist myself, but my father was a dentist and his father before him. Now, open wide!

An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.

The Internet is only the street corner meeting on a big scale