“People are sometimes reluctant to take big steps. Apprehensive about being unable to calculate the political fallout, politicians shy away from grand departures.”

“Sometimes politicians take the easy way out in their bid to remain popular by playing up religious and racial issues. This causes uneasy feelings among the people who may only be the followers and have no inkling about the issues being fanned.”

“Lapset: The children are dexterous, true, but being unable to do calculations, they need help with matters relating to wages.”

“It is necessary sometimes to take one step backward to take two steps forward.”

“Politics is not about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives”

“Sometimes, if you want to protect something you care about, you have to take extreme steps.”

“The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City – hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.”

“Sometimes your friends take you ten steps backwards for every step you take forward. Sometimes misplaced loyalty ruins your destiny.”

“Even the toughest politicians sometimes wonder whether political life is worth the personal cost.”

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”