So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.

You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes.

The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession.

Not everybody who is overweight comes from deprived backgrounds, but that's where the propensity lies.

Ben Foster dealt with the purchase of my house and service was excellent. Excellent Service all round.

When you lose work, the meaning and purpose of life are taken away from you, and isolation can set in.

I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd.

Silence is regarded as a sort of sin now, and it has to be filled with a lot of gossip and soundbites.

But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.

I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure.

It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

We reject this illegal, barbarous, savage state that calls itself Israel. And you have to do the same.

Our long-term economic plan is all about creating jobs and the economic security that comes with that.

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

The tendency everywhere in America to concentrate power and responsibility in one man is unmistakable.

You are more likely to be treated by a migrant in the NHS than you are to be behind them in the queue.

Don't belittle the hurt that has been caused by the job-destroying machine that is the European Union.

It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt.

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Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.

I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.

I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

We need somebody with a proven track record of competence, leadership and what you see is what you get.

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.

We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.

We will not try to out-Ukip Ukip. Labour is not going to offer false solutions, such as leaving Europe.

Environment does shape you. My environment, in a pit family, in a pit village, with nine kids in total.

I always work on the principle that if my heart and my head are together on an issue, write it, say it.

But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier.

Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed.

I grew up in a household where we talked about the state of the world over breakfast, lunch and dinner.

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.

California, more than any other part of the Union, is a country by itself, and San Francisco a capital.

To seek Divinity merely in books is to seek the living among the dead... seek God within your own soul.

Barack Obama would never accept a court in Mexico decreeing what the law in the United States would be.

I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union.

The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro.

Ideas in a void have never appealed to me; action must follow thought or political life is meaningless.

I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

The E.U. must see us prepare for life outside of the E.U. without a deal for them to take us seriously.

I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliament to decide on war.

Labour is at its best when we understand how the country has changed and we adapt to new circumstances.

Bonar Law never led his Party. He was always looking over his shoulder to see if he was being followed.

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

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