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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. "
Gordon Brown
People
Politics
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" I'm all for greater co-operation between Europe and America because I think that sometimes we've missed out on the benefits that transatlantic trade could give both continents, and I've been pressing this since 1997. "
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" The Britain I know is the Britain of Jo Cox. The Britain where people are tolerant and not prejudiced, and where people hate hate. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Making the desirable possible requires us to make the desirable popular, electable, credible, and something that people want to hold on to. "
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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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" I find it quite unusual for people to criticise me for doing what I consider to be my duty. "
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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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