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

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" 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 purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror. "

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

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

Do The Right Thing

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

" Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Be a doer and not a critic. "

" Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice. "

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

" The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. "

Nuclear Weapons

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will. "

" The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood. "

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

" My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "