“Many people might wonder why conserving wildlife should be considered ...” — David Lidington Quote

“Many people might wonder why conserving wildlife should be considered so important when there are wider issues of global and national interest, such as conflict and poverty to worry about. The answer is because these issues are interlinked.”

“Conflicts do not respect borders.”

“Moving to a new school, or up a year at an existing school - with new friends, teachers, subjects, rules and expectation - is a big deal for young people. All of us who are adults remember how daunting it was, but we sometimes take it for granted that children will be able to cope with the change.”

“Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.”

“I'm still an Irish republican; I absolutely believe in Irish unity and am working to achieve that. But over the course of 15 years or more, people like myself and others have been working to end the vicious cycle of conflict.”

“The only thing I knew about novels from a technical point of view was that they should have conflict.”