“I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man...” — Maajid Nawaz Quote

“I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.”

“To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.”

“Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.”

“For years, Islamists and other extremists have taken advantage of grievances of Muslims in Britain and have successfully identified ways to integrate them under one 'Islamic' banner.”

“There are members - very, very close and dear members - of my family - I'm talking immediate family - who simply don't speak to me anymore and haven't done so for years. My marriage fell apart.”

“The University of Westminster is well known for being a hotbed of extremist activity.”

“Even technology companies get good news sometimes.”

“If someone's lying about something small, you don't know what else they're lying about. I'm a big girl, I can handle the truth - even if it's not good news.”

“When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.”

“I went a nutritionist... I walk into his office he goes, 'Well, the good news is, you can have all the salad you want.' I don't want any salad! He wanted me to eat salad. As a food!”

“There's no such thing as good news in America.”

“I think that was one of the things that happened, especially in Ireland, that you left in order to improve yourself, and you couldn't write home and tell people, 'Look, I'm really lonely,' because you'd realize how much those letters were going to matter, that you needed to put good news or uplifting news into them.”