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" It will not be a surprise to you to learn I'm more interested in the future of the Arctic Circle than the future of the Arctic Monkeys. "

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" You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually going on, and the public opinion would grow to the point where action would need to be taken. "

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

" Every country is going to have to face up to globalisation, but Scotland has got a unique capacity because of its history as part of a multinational state to help us deal with that problem. "

" When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do. "

" A woman said to me, 'You're better than your successor.' She then said she's lived under 10 prime ministers, and each was worse than the last. That put me in my place. "

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

" Collective European Union action could mean no hiding places for evaders, no safe haven for tax avoiders, and no treasure islands for money launderers. "

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

" The motto of the old order in the City of London was, 'My word is my bond,' but the financial crisis revealed a culture quite alien to that heritage. The stewards of people's money were revealed to have been speculators with it. "

" Let us think of ourselves not as 'yes' and 'no' Scots but simply as Scots, and let us be a nation, united again. "

" Famously, I'm somewhat impatient. "

" I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind - it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally. "

" There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do. "

" You have to live in the future, not the past. "

" Making the desirable possible requires us to make the desirable popular, electable, credible, and something that people want to hold on to. "

" We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing. "

" 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. "

" In Britain, we are not a secular state as France is, or some other countries. "

" People believe in the power of education to change lives. "

" I am not going to the House of Lords. Never. That's not who I am. That's not where I am. "

" I want to do something for Kirkcaldy and Fife. I am a full-time MP, not a businessman. "

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

" 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 can drink too much tea. "

" Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area. "

" We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives. "

" In a global marketplace with its increased insecurities and - indeed often - volatility and instability, national economic stability is at a premium, the precondition for all we can achieve, and no nation can secure the high levels of sustainable investment it needs without both monetary and fiscal stability together. "

" Foreign policy can no longer be the province of just a few elites. "

" 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. "

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