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" But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person. "

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" The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror. "

" I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides. "

" I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right. "

" Look, I am very competitive. "

" Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. "

" Be a doer and not a critic. "

" The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically. "

" I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in. "

" This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism. "

" Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. "

" Education is the best economic policy there is. "

" You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough. "

" But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order. "

" So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister. "

" If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life. "

" However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice. "

" There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000. "

" I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice. "

" Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war. "

" When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place. "

" I mean, I went to a church school when I was younger and imbibed a certain amount of religion then but it was really in university that I got interested in religion and politics at the same time. I don't think as if it were one moment of conversion but my spiritual journey really began then. "

" In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight. "

" I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. "

" The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. "

" We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world. "

" Choice dependent on wealth; those are the Tory words. "

" In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. "

" Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion. "

" In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. "