“In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.”

I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.

Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.

Is Israel going to continue to be ‘Fortress Israel’? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.

It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.

Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.

The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.

There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.

And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.

If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.

The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.

Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.

Is Israel going to continue to be “Fortress Israel”? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

The Government’s first priority on coming to office was to secure long-term economic stability and put an end to the damaging cycle of boom and bust.

I spend a lot of time just listening to the ospreys. I watch them go through their life cycle. They spend the winter in South America.

There is no evidence that the business cycle has been repealed.

When Cameron’s Conservatives come to power it will be a golden age for cyclists and an Elysium of cycle lanes, bike racks, and sharia law for bike thieves. And I hope that cycling in London will become almost Chinese in its ubiquity.

In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales; it would take a little while for this information to reach corporate headquarters.

You always know when you’re going to arrive. If you go by car, you don’t. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.

Our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be ‘revolutionary’ but not transformative.