"Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria."

"The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together."

"I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government."

"I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on."

"The only limit to human potential is the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."

"His hatred of snobs was a derivative of his snobbishness, but made the simpletons (in other words, everyone) believe that he was immune from snobbishness."

"What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged."

"I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point."