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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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" Cowdenbeath Football Club have always been at the centre of Cowdenbeath - literally and in every aspect of community life. "

" When you've got a society that is diverse, what happens is for a time, the issue is integrating your minorities into that society. "

" If you look at the question of expenditure in Iraq, you have got to start from the one fundamental truth: that every request that the military commanders made to us for equipment was answered. No request was ever turned down. "

" 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. "

" We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food. "

" We should demonstrate that in war, under Churchill and Lloyd George, and in peace, Britain always was, already is, and can continue to be a leader. "

" Climate change is a consequence of the build up of greenhouse gases over the past 200 years in the atmosphere, and virtually all these emissions came from the rich countries. "

" You need in the long run for stability, for economic growth, for jobs, as well as for financial stability, global economic institutions that make sure that growth to be sustained has to be shared, and are built on the principle that the prosperity of this world is indivisible. "

" The British economy of the future must be built not on the shifting sands of boom and bust, but on the bedrock of prudent and wise economic management for the long term. It is only these firm foundations that we can raise Britain's underlying economic performance. "

" The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers' rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe... and it will be to the benefit of every British citizen. "

" For centuries, individuals have been learning how to live with their next-door neighbours. "

" Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality. "

" The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction. "

" Our ability to connect as a nation with other nations around the world is enhanced dramatically by the Internet. "

" Famously, I'm somewhat impatient. "

" Our common realm is not and cannot be stripped of values - I absolutely reject the idea that religion should somehow be tolerated but not encouraged in public life. "

" 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. "

" Stability is necessary for our future economic success. "

" You can drink too much tea. "

" Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control. "

" I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and Vladimir Putin's Russia, there is absolutely no chance of building a world-wide alliance that can deal with poverty and inequality and climate change and financial instability, and we've got to face up to that fact. "

" 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. "

" To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake. "

" When I lost the sight of my eye and faced the prospect of going blind, my sight was saved by the NHS. "

" People have now got the ability to speak to each other across continents: to join with each other in communities that are not based simply on territory, streets, but networks; and you've got the possibility of people building alliances right across the world. "

" 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. "

" The NHS cannot be privatised if that's not the will of the Scottish people, and the Scottish health service will have the funding that's necessary if that's also the will of the Scottish people. "

" Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services. "