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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. "
Gordon Brown
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" I welcome the role that people of faith play in building Britain's future - and the Catholic communion in particular is to be congratulated for so often being the conscience of our country, for helping 'the least of these' even when bearing witness to the truth is hard or unpopular. "
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" I love Scotland; I love the NHS. I was born into the NHS; I grew up in the NHS. My family grew up in the NHS. "
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" The extraordinary summer heatwave of 2003 in Europe resulted in over 35,000 extra deaths. "
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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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" To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake. "
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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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" 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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" What is happened in the years since the Second World War is not a temporary truce. It is not simply a ceasefire. Instead of battling with weapons and armaments, people battle only with arguments and ideas. "
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" 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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" Christians do not say that people should be reduced merely to what they can produce or what they can buy - that we should let the weak go under and only the strong survive. No, we say, 'Do to others what you would have them do unto you.' "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Markets need morals. "
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" The Britain I know is the Britain of Jo Cox. The Britain where people are tolerant and not prejudiced, and where people hate hate. "
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" While you cannot deliver policies without principles, you cannot deliver principles without having power. You have quickly to move to a stage where, emphasising your principles, you build a programme, then call for popular support. "
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" Making the desirable possible requires us to make the desirable popular, electable, credible, and something that people want to hold on to. "
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" Meet the challenges of the time. "
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" You have to live in the future, not the past. "
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" Our ability to connect as a nation with other nations around the world is enhanced dramatically by the Internet. "
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" Other prime ministers leave office and stay in London. I have come back with my whole family to Fife. This is where they are being brought up. It is better for them and better for me. It's great to see more of the kids. "
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" If you take energy and climate change, you really cannot deal with the problems with energy and climate change without European co-operation at a high level. If you take digitalisation, it's an obvious area where European co-operation can actually make a difference. "
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" For centuries, individuals have been learning how to live with their next-door neighbours. "
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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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" You can drink too much tea. "
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" It is not a mistake to want power. "
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" We should demonstrate that in war, under Churchill and Lloyd George, and in peace, Britain always was, already is, and can continue to be a leader. "
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