I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.

You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issues that concern me first and foremost, as a man, as a father.

The Scottish Government's international development work began in 2005 with a £3 million budget focused solely on Malawi, reflecting the historic links between our two countries."

Before deciding what to do about national space policy, Obama set up an outside review panel of space experts, headed up by my friend Norm Augustine, former head of Lockheed Martin and a former government official.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.