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

"There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary."

"I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique."

"The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business."

"No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return."

"Love alone could waken love."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."