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

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" 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. "

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" In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world. "

" Why is playing football in Europe considered the pinnacle of our game, yet in other spheres of life, that same phrase - 'being in Europe' - is dismissed with suspicion? "

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" We spend more on cows than the poor. "

" The extraordinary summer heatwave of 2003 in Europe resulted in over 35,000 extra deaths. "

" I welcome the role that people of faith play in building Britain's future - and the Catholic communion in particular is to be congratulated for so often being the conscience of our country, for helping 'the least of these' even when bearing witness to the truth is hard or unpopular. "

" I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower. "

" 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. "

" I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. "

" 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. "

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

" We cannot compromise with the earth; we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another. "

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

" Getting married has certainly made a massive difference to my own life. So I am committed to giving support for family finances and having the right policies for work-life balance that make it easier for couples to have a rich family life. "

" 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. "

" I am a father with young kids, and you want to know the jobs in the future are going to be there. "

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