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" Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues. "

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" Today, Labour has a disruptive economic narrative - that Britain needs fundamental change in its market structure and culture to compete in the modern world. "

David Miliband

Today

World

Change

" Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state. "

" Everything about my politics has been about the future. "

" The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class. "

" Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions. "

" People feel politics isn't about their lives. "

" Foreign policy is inseparable from domestic policy now. Is terrorism foreign policy or domestic policy? It's both. It's the same with crime, with the economy, climate change. "

" You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. "

" My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly. "

" I am the 'change Britain' candidate. We can only change Britain through a united Labour Party and I am the unity candidate. I have got support from the Left and the Right of the party. "

" John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative! "

" I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is. "

" I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: 'My goodness. It's a miracle that's going on here. What could the human race do together?' "

David Miliband

Together

You

" There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong. "

" People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world. "

" I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker. "

David Miliband

Think

Being

" Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues. "

" We know there can be no justice in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. But there can be no security in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. "

" But for me, my personal relations, my personal family relations, are very important, and we've always tried to make sure that the public and the private are kept separate. "

David Miliband

Always

Personal

" The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game. "

" What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years. "

" In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions. "

" I was always brought up that if you can make a difference, you should, and if you don't it's a waste. So we'll see if I can make a difference. "

" I've learnt that, sometimes, how others see you is not the same as how you see yourself. I've learnt about how you can be multitasking - and sometimes other people see that you're multitasking. And that's not very nice for them. "

" The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him, as he died when I was one. But his ring was kept by my aunt until it was placed on my finger by my wife Louise 32 years later. "

" The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't be tackled by the West alone. They need a coalition of not just West and East, but they need a coalition of Christian and Jew and Muslim. "

" The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream. "

" You know, you only get to live life once, so there are two things that that yields. One is that there's no point in crying over spilt milk, but secondly you hate wasting time, energy, and whatever talent you've got. "

" We keep the terrorist threat to the United Kingdom under very careful scrutiny. We think it's right to keep the public informed about the general threat level. "

" The American idea that everyone graduates high school at 18 is a good one. "