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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. "
Gordon Brown
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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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" We've managed to find a way of making decisions that prevents conflict arising - there has been no war between European members at any point in the last 70 years. "
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" 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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" Meet the challenges of the time. "
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" People believe in the power of education to change lives. "
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" To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake. "
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" 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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" I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world. "
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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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" Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of the Second World War could have been very different. "
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" Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain. "
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" Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world. "
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" If people are persuaded of the need for education and the need to invest in education, they're also persuaded of the need not to waste that investment by having low-quality education but to have high-quality education. "
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" Britain must lead in Europe to intensify the fight against global terrorism and make our country safer. "
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" In every era, there are only one or two moments when nations come together and reach agreements that make history, because they change the course of history. "
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" If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends. "
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" I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. "
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" We spend more on cows than the poor. "
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" Do you think that I or anybody else who cares about the NHS would stand by and do nothing if we thought the NHS was going to be privatised in Scotland and its funds were going to be cut? Would we stand back and do nothing without a fight? Of course not. "
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" In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world. "
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" I've got a job to do. "
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" Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control. "
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" It is not a mistake to want power. "
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" Let us think of ourselves not as 'yes' and 'no' Scots but simply as Scots, and let us be a nation, united again. "
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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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" You can't just vote for yourself. All the time, you're thinking what sort of country, what world, what future? "
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" A woman said to me, 'You're better than your successor.' She then said she's lived under 10 prime ministers, and each was worse than the last. That put me in my place. "
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" I want to do something for Kirkcaldy and Fife. I am a full-time MP, not a businessman. "
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" Other prime ministers leave office and stay in London. I have come back with my whole family to Fife. This is where they are being brought up. It is better for them and better for me. It's great to see more of the kids. "
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