We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.

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

Sometimes and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.

Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do.

The Iraq Survey Group has already found massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories.

Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit.

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

We know the problems, and we know the solution: sustainable development. The issue is the political will.

We in a sense went for the Bernie Sanders model OK? Now we're also in turmoil as a result of this result.

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

I still think there is a residual desire amongst the majority of the public to be given a proper solution.

Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.

Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.

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

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon

We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.

Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.

Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and our memories for ever.

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us.

Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.

And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty.

If there are further steps to European integration, the people should have their say at a general election or in a referendum.

You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost their lives.

What we have got to do now is use this event, the resignation of the whole commission, to drive through root and branch reform.

I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.

There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.

If I'd proposed solving the pension problem by compulsory euthanasia for every fifth pensioner I'd have got less trouble for it.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere.

As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.

It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.

I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually happens.

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