How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many people need to die before the consciences of world capitals are stirred?

I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.

The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.