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" In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. "

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" In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. "

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

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

" I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in. "

" I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands. "

" 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. "

" The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically. "

" 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. "

" And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty. "

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

" Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. "

" What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party. "

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

" 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. "

" Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics. "

" 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. "

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

" The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for. "

" 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. "

" The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000. "

" Look, I am very competitive. "

" People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in. "

" 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. "

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

" Education is the best economic policy there is. "

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