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Quite rightly, the public expects to see forces serving their communities, not chasing arbitrary targets.
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.
God has so made the mind of man that a peculiar deliciousness resides in the fruits of personal industry.
Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential.
I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.
Only the Liberal Democrats have probed the government's failings consistently, thoroughly and effectively.
One way to promote shareholder engagement and activism is through greater accountability and transparency.
The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war...
Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.
Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state.
I did marathons long before they were popular, when people running round the streets were looked at oddly.
I am not going to go round trying to make people say 'Wow!'... I'm not going to play Hollywood lookalikes.
People are talking about immigration like it is a disease. In fact migrants pay more in than they get out.
What I think is wrong is spending £9m of taxpayers' money on one particular piece of one-sided propaganda.
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.
The Zionists'...main preoccupation is not to save Jews alive out of Europe but to get Jews into Palestine.
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society
THE BIGGEST TEST FOR PARENTS IS NOT HOW THEY PARENT, BUT HOW THEY RESPOND TO DISORDER AND UNPREDICTABILITY
The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.
It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.
We will empower patients as well as health professionals. We will disempower the hierarchy and bureaucracy.
Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.
Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.
People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
To survive in the future, we will need our economy to be dynamic, entrepreneurial, innovative and flexible.
On our toughest estates, generations pass with the same experience of worklessness and educational failure.
Prison is not meant to be comfortable. It's not meant to be somewhere anyone would ever want to go back to.
I regret the time and resources needed to undertake this but... it is right to lay this accusation to rest.
I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face.
Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.
Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
The poorest still deserve help with life's basic necessities regardless of the quality of their government.
Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.
In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.
If you vote to leave the E.U.... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it.
One of the reasons why Australia and Canada have support for migration is because they control the numbers.
I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.
When it's well managed, migration works in the national interest, for our communities, economy and country.
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.
The story of the British empire helps to explain the roots of most British people: white, black, and Asian.
Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
People do not use foul language in the House of Commons chamber. They just don't do it, and I don't, either.
We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
Screaming 'you're wrong' at the electorate is not a good strategy for a party seeking to win back its trust.
If a teacher misses a target, they change the teacher, If a minister misses a target, they change the target
In primary schools, I set two main objectives - to cut infant class sizes and improve literacy and numeracy.
The window of opportunity to avoid dangerous climate change is closing more quickly than previously thought.
In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity.
I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.