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" Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal. "
Gordon Brown
Tsunami
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" I love Scotland; I love the NHS. I was born into the NHS; I grew up in the NHS. My family grew up in the NHS. "
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" I don't believe that any prime minister would send our troops into conflict without the assurance from the military that they had the equipment necessary for the operation. "
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" I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support. "
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" There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do. "
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" I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower. "
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" Getting married has certainly made a massive difference to my own life. So I am committed to giving support for family finances and having the right policies for work-life balance that make it easier for couples to have a rich family life. "
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" The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers' rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe... and it will be to the benefit of every British citizen. "
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" Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control. "
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" People have now got the ability to speak to each other across continents: to join with each other in communities that are not based simply on territory, streets, but networks; and you've got the possibility of people building alliances right across the world. "
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" I am a father with young kids, and you want to know the jobs in the future are going to be there. "
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" Christians do not say that people should be reduced merely to what they can produce or what they can buy - that we should let the weak go under and only the strong survive. No, we say, 'Do to others what you would have them do unto you.' "
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" Every country is going to have to face up to globalisation, but Scotland has got a unique capacity because of its history as part of a multinational state to help us deal with that problem. "
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" I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. "
Gordon Brown
Father
Matters
Father's Day
" We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing. "
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Future
Saying
" America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy. "
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Economy
Problems
World
" There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe. "
Gordon Brown
Me
You
Say
" I am not going to the House of Lords. Never. That's not who I am. That's not where I am. "
Gordon Brown
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Where
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" Our ability to connect as a nation with other nations around the world is enhanced dramatically by the Internet. "
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World
Other
" I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us. "
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Think
Young
Us
" The way forward is for governments to consciously pursue monetary and fiscal stability through setting clear objectives, establishing proper rules, and requiring openness and transparency - the new rules of the game. "
Gordon Brown
Forward
Transparency
Rules
" The best way of realising our high ideals is to show that we have an alternative in government that is credible, that is radical, and is electable - is neither a pale imitation of what the Tories offer nor is it the route to being a party of permanent protest rather than a party of government. "
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Party
Way
Imitation
" Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of energy use. "
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Energy
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Higher
" We must understand that the British public's relationship with Europe is - and always has been, the sporting arena aside - about the benefits we can achieve in jobs, security, and quality of life from membership and how these benefits outweigh any disadvantages. "
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Relationship
" Let us think of ourselves not as 'yes' and 'no' Scots but simply as Scots, and let us be a nation, united again. "
Gordon Brown
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" Almost certainly, my ancestors had travelled by sea from Sweden to England in search of prosperity, and the evidence suggests they left Sweden around the ninth or 10th centuries. "
Gordon Brown
Left
Evidence
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" Cowdenbeath Football Club have always been at the centre of Cowdenbeath - literally and in every aspect of community life. "
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Football
Club
Always
" I find it quite unusual for people to criticise me for doing what I consider to be my duty. "
Gordon Brown
Doing
People
Find
" I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind - it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally. "
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Judging
" Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services. "
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Values
Service
" The British economy of the future must be built not on the shifting sands of boom and bust, but on the bedrock of prudent and wise economic management for the long term. It is only these firm foundations that we can raise Britain's underlying economic performance. "
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Wise
Performance