I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.
I'm not in the business of warning people.
Fairness is not about statistical equality.
If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.
It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.
Will we ever reach a point when it is no longer necessary to say Them and Us? I believe we must reach that point, or perish.
I don't talk very well. With writing, you've time to get it right. Also I've found the more I talk the less I write, and if I didn't write no one would want me to talk anyway.
Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.