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As each tree falls so does the earth's ability to heal itself and to adapt to the effects of our changing climate
Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows.
Global climate change needs global action now. The alarm bells ought to be ringing in every capital of the world.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.
[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure.
It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums
Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.
To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.
If we want to raise the aspirations of young men, we should be praising their achievements, not talking them down.
The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics.
I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.
For families flying out of the U.K. for a winter getaway, airports should be the ideal place to pick up a bargain.
Growth means creating the right conditions for the private sector - farmers and firms - to invest and do business.
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.
It can fairly be said of John Smith that he had all the virtues of a Scottish presbyterian, but none of the vices.
I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future.
What London wants is a champion, a fighter for London. It doesn't want a patsy of George Osborne or David Cameron.
Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.
If I am prime minister, we will come out of the European Union, and part of that will be control of free movement.
I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.
Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.
Banks provide payment systems, core deposit and lending facilities that enable us to manage our day to day affairs.
Dress suitably in short skirts and sitting boots, leave your jewels and gold wands in the bank, and buy a revolver.
In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.
Being home secretary involves having to face some of the worst of human behaviour and challenges of modern society.
I know what to say, how to say it, how to bring profile to the issues I care about and people want to listen to me.
At the end of the day, if there are truly ethical considerations, those have to override scientific considerations.
We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.
The decision to give an indicative date for a return is a mistake. It degrades the process. It degrades human life.
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.
I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.
No self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age.
Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints.
There is a twofold meaning in every creature, a literal and a mystical, and the one is but the ground of the other.
We have, in the E.U., a market rigged in favour of the rich and stacked against the poor, and I think that's wrong.
There is so much for the U.K. to be proud of - a world-class, modern economy and a free, fair and tolerant society.
We need to create jobs across Africa and provide its growing population with a route out of poverty where they are.
I look forward to the day that I can go with my daughters to the polling station for them to cast their first vote.
I think we all agree that the comments Donald Trump made in relation to Muslims were divisive, unhelpful and wrong.
Experience in other countries shows how big money, rather than the best political candidate, can influence politics.
Gordon Brown now bestrides politics and the media like the Colossus of Dunfermline. Whatever happened to Tony Blair?
Turkey has a customs union with the E.U. - it still means there are checks on the border between Turkey and the E.U.
We cannot afford to let Brexit slip away - the political price, the reputational damage to the country is too great.
Good health and safety really matters - we need to protect people against death and serious injury in the workplace.
This is not rocket science. If you mentor and support people when they leave prison they're less likely to reoffend.
Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.