Jim Leach

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

The hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history.

I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.