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" You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually going on, and the public opinion would grow to the point where action would need to be taken. "

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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. "

Gordon Brown

War

Leader

Continue

" Let us think of ourselves not as 'yes' and 'no' Scots but simply as Scots, and let us be a nation, united again. "

" When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do. "

" The Britain I know is the Britain of Jo Cox. The Britain where people are tolerant and not prejudiced, and where people hate hate. "

" We must understand that the British public's relationship with Europe is - and always has been, the sporting arena aside - about the benefits we can achieve in jobs, security, and quality of life from membership and how these benefits outweigh any disadvantages. "

" The way forward is for governments to consciously pursue monetary and fiscal stability through setting clear objectives, establishing proper rules, and requiring openness and transparency - the new rules of the game. "

" We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food. "

" 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. "

Gordon Brown

You

Finance

" You can drink too much tea. "

" It is not a mistake to want power. "

" We cannot compromise with the earth; we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another. "

" 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. "

" It is thanks to men and women who were totally committed to fighting fascism, people like Alan Turing, that the horrors of the Holocaust and of total war are part of Europe's history and not Europe's present. "

" I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us. "

Gordon Brown

Think

Young

" 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. "

" If you look at the question of expenditure in Iraq, you have got to start from the one fundamental truth: that every request that the military commanders made to us for equipment was answered. No request was ever turned down. "

" You have to live in the future, not the past. "

" Meet the challenges of the time. "

" When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve. "

" 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. "

" Every country is going to have to face up to globalisation, but Scotland has got a unique capacity because of its history as part of a multinational state to help us deal with that problem. "

Gordon Brown

Face

Help

" When I lost the sight of my eye and faced the prospect of going blind, my sight was saved by the NHS. "

" The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction. "

" 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. "

" To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake. "

Gordon Brown

Important

Mistake

" I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. "

" We spend more on cows than the poor. "

Gordon Brown

Poor

Cows

" Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control. "

" Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services. "

" Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of energy use. "