I'm Rally of Unionist Separist Extremes, sometimes known as the R.U.S.E. … It's the party at present in power..

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich..

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine..

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them..

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first..

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit..

The great thing about history is that it is adaptable..

Sex is a conversation carried out by another means..

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only t….

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them..

Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved..

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously..

All the hideously calculated hypocrisy of men when they commit a murder in the name of justice. Then it's the time of death on a grander scale, the h….

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness..

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished..

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer..

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique..

Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them.

Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is..

At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth..