When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger

When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger

Markets need morals.

You can drink too much tea.

Famously, I'm somewhat impatient.

It is not a mistake to want power.

We spend more on cows than the poor.

Britain does not want a return to boom and bust.

Tony Blair is the best friend I've had in politics.

Stability is necessary for our future economic success.

Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.

Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

Jubilee 2000 is a broad coalition which has moved the earth.

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

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

Foreign policy can no longer be the province of just a few elites.

When something really matters, you should never give up or give in.

There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe.

We had lost the art of communication - but not, alas, the gift of speech.

I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be.

In Britain, we are not a secular state as France is, or some other countries.

Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past.

There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do.

I want to do something for Kirkcaldy and Fife. I am a full-time MP, not a businessman.

The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act.

I am not going to the House of Lords. Never. That's not who I am. That's not where I am.

The extraordinary summer heatwave of 2003 in Europe resulted in over 35,000 extra deaths.

For centuries, individuals have been learning how to live with their next-door neighbours.

I find it quite unusual for people to criticise me for doing what I consider to be my duty.

Those who write off our European heritage are, at least in part, writing off their own heritage.

This is a Budget for Britain's future to secure fairness for each child and invest in every child

I am a father with young kids, and you want to know the jobs in the future are going to be there.

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually.

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

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

I hope the Spice Girls will come back, although it may be beyond even Bob Geldof to get that to happen.

Britain must lead in Europe to intensify the fight against global terrorism and make our country safer.

What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong.

I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.

Boom and bust is a term that applied to the Conservative years and two of the worst recessions in history.

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

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

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.

I did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

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

Our ability to connect as a nation with other nations around the world is enhanced dramatically by the Internet.

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

I don't think Jeremy Corbyn's going to stay, he's going to go. He knows parliamentary party have no faith in him.

The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.

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