"If you can’t lead and you can’t deliver, then your own personal political philosophy is pretty much irrelevant, there have been far too many occasions over the last four years where the House has been ineffective."

“For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.”

“My family really does come first. It always did and always will.”

“You play to win the game...Hello. You play to win the game.”

Source : News conference, Hempstead, N.Y., 30 Oct. 2002.

“The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.”

Source : "Full text: statement by Iain Duncan Smith", www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2001.

“Cable is not bound because people pay for it. It's literally a choice, that's the operative word. If you don't like the language, if ***** offends you, then turn it off.”

“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.”

“As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.”

Source : Erin Merryn (2009). “Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness”, p.22, Health Communications, Inc.

“I'll just bleed so the stars can have something dark to shine in”

Source : Frank Stanford (1977). “The battlefield where the moon says I love you: a poem”, Lost Roads Pub