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" Education is the best economic policy there is. "

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" And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty. "

" My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform. "

" 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. "

" The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. "

Nuclear Weapons

" But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential. "

" There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must. "

" I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated. "

" People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in. "

" 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. "

" Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world. "

" My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism. "

" Look, I am very competitive. "

" Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I don't know, but people tell me, it could indeed by the leading science of the 21st century. All I say to people is: 'Just keep an open mind and let us proceed according to genuine scientific evidence.' "

" Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. "

Do The Right Thing

" I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands. "

" What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice. "

" You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife. "

" The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood. "

" Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will. "

" 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. "

" My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do. "

" 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. "

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

" I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right. "

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

" The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. "