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" Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater. "

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" You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife. "

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" Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion. "

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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. "

" In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. "

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" 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. "

" Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. "

" Education is the best economic policy there is. "

" 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. "

" There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000. "

" 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. "

" But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person. "

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

" My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism. "

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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. "

" Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. "

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