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

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" 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. "

" By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together. "

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

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

" It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Education is the best economic policy there is. "

" In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. "

" Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater. "

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

" Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. "

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

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" 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. "

" Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. "

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

" 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. "

" I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular. "

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

" I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious. "

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

" I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough. "