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" There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe. "
Gordon Brown
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" Cowdenbeath Football Club have always been at the centre of Cowdenbeath - literally and in every aspect of community life. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When you've got a society that is diverse, what happens is for a time, the issue is integrating your minorities into that society. "
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" The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" We've managed to find a way of making decisions that prevents conflict arising - there has been no war between European members at any point in the last 70 years. "
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" I don't believe that any prime minister would send our troops into conflict without the assurance from the military that they had the equipment necessary for the operation. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Investment
" Those who write off our European heritage are, at least in part, writing off their own heritage. "
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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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" Meet the challenges of the time. "
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" Famously, I'm somewhat impatient. "
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" In Britain, we are not a secular state as France is, or some other countries. "
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" Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world. "
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" When something really matters, you should never give up or give in. "
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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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" Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control. "
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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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" 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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" For centuries, individuals have been learning how to live with their next-door neighbours. "
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" 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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" 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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" When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve. "
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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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