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Bob Ainsworth quotes: Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War. Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous.

Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War. Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered.

I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: Defence must be more adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changes in the security environment and the character of conflict.

Defence must be more adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changes in the security environment and the character of conflict.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.

I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.

I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential.

Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: On the back benches, you can have your say but no power to do anything.

On the back benches, you can have your say but no power to do anything.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: The last thing we want to do is to go into an area and inflict unnecessary civilian casualties. One is too many.

The last thing we want to do is to go into an area and inflict unnecessary civilian casualties. One is too many.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: Our aim is always to minimise casualties and to separate a hardline Taliban from those who have been caught up in the insurgency.

Our aim is always to minimise casualties and to separate a hardline Taliban from those who have been caught up in the insurgency.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: I have strengths, and I have weaknesses. I don't pretend to be able to write a great thesis or doctorate - I have no pretensions in that direction.

I have strengths, and I have weaknesses. I don't pretend to be able to write a great thesis or doctorate - I have no pretensions in that direction.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.

It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: We have tended in politics in this country to concentrate on the domestic, on the here and now - the 'what's in it for me'.

We have tended in politics in this country to concentrate on the domestic, on the here and now - the 'what's in it for me'.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: We are not in Afghanistan because girls were not allowed to go to school, but helping them do so will give the Afghan people hope for a better future.

We are not in Afghanistan because girls were not allowed to go to school, but helping them do so will give the Afghan people hope for a better future.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like ... but no one has to do anything about it.

You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like ... but no one has to do anything about it.

Bob Ainsworth quotes: If you stand at an election and put a manifesto in front of people saying you're going to improve health care, you have to stick by that.

If you stand at an election and put a manifesto in front of people saying you're going to improve health care, you have to stick by that.