"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die."

"Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else."

"There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great."

"There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong."

"It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us."

"When I left Bradford and got a phone call from Dave Parnaby asking 'did I want to come back in?', I was delighted to accept. The whole buzz at the club at the moment is great for someone like me who is still learning and wanting to hopefully go into management in my own right at some point."

"The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority."