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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky. "

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

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

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

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

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

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" But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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