The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.