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" People believe in the power of education to change lives. "
Gordon Brown
Lives
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Power
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" 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. "
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" We spend more on cows than the poor. "
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" Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services. "
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" There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I think it's important that people know who you are and... can ask any questions they like about you. "
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" Do you think that I or anybody else who cares about the NHS would stand by and do nothing if we thought the NHS was going to be privatised in Scotland and its funds were going to be cut? Would we stand back and do nothing without a fight? Of course not. "
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You
" You can't just vote for yourself. All the time, you're thinking what sort of country, what world, what future? "
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" Britain must lead in Europe to intensify the fight against global terrorism and make our country safer. "
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Country
" In every era, there are only one or two moments when nations come together and reach agreements that make history, because they change the course of history. "
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Together
History
" 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. "
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World
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" When I lost the sight of my eye and faced the prospect of going blind, my sight was saved by the NHS. "
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Lost
Going
" To my astonishment, everything that I had assumed was now questioned by the findings. What started off as a search for identity that appeared to be purely Scottish in origin ended up as a discovery of my migrant roots - indeed an understanding that almost all of our families, at some stage, have been migrants - and my European roots. "
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Search
Understanding
" I am not going to the House of Lords. Never. That's not who I am. That's not where I am. "
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Where
House
" I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us. "
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" You can drink too much tea. "
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You
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" I had to deal with terrorist finance. And we had to, if you like, ensure that the accounts of people who were guilty of terrorist finance or using their accounts for terrorist finance were closed down. So we had to do asset freezing. "
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" Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control. "
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Globalisation
Control
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" Meet the challenges of the time. "
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Meet
Time
" I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust. "
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Trust
" Stability is necessary for our future economic success. "
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" The best way of realising our high ideals is to show that we have an alternative in government that is credible, that is radical, and is electable - is neither a pale imitation of what the Tories offer nor is it the route to being a party of permanent protest rather than a party of government. "
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" Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of energy use. "
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" 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. "
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" We cannot compromise with the earth; we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another. "
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Earth
Must
Cannot
" The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction. "
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" When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do. "
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