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The lives of prisoners of war after they are returned is almost never discussed, never explored.

It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al Qaeda's intentions to kill even innocent civilian prisoners.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that allows a free run for right-wing bigots.

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.

Freedom is never granted; it is won.

There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.