“Courage is indispensible because in politics not life but the world is at stake.”

“The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small”

“As the essence of courage is to stake one's life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe the possibility exists.”

“Do you really think ... that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not -- there is no weakness in that.”

“In politics democracy itself is at stake in this world of high-speed always-on news. Political reporters pronounce sudden verdicts upon the politicians they often outshine in fame and as a result parliaments everywhere feel themselves reduced to side-attractions in the great non-stop media show.”

“Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway.”