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

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" In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. "

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" I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky. "

" 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. "

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

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" However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice. "

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

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" This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism. "