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" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place. "

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

" Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. "

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

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

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" 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. "

" But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order. "