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Douglas Alexander quotes: We'll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale.

We'll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.

Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.

Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.

Douglas Alexander quotes: In every generation, there are horrors that define an age and events that scar the global conscience.

In every generation, there are horrors that define an age and events that scar the global conscience.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.

Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.

Douglas Alexander quotes: What people want is a sense of a better future to come.

What people want is a sense of a better future to come.

Douglas Alexander quotes: It's important to learn the right lessons from the past.

It's important to learn the right lessons from the past.

Douglas Alexander quotes: David Cameron can change the branding of the party, but he can't change the beliefs.

David Cameron can change the branding of the party, but he can't change the beliefs.

Douglas Alexander quotes: The Conservatives are so busy focusing on yesterday, they're not focused on tomorrow ... on how elections are won in the 21st century.

The Conservatives are so busy focusing on yesterday, they're not focused on tomorrow ... on how elections are won in the 21st century.

Douglas Alexander quotes: What we are going to offer is not a one-way communication, but one-to-one communication.

What we are going to offer is not a one-way communication, but one-to-one communication.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Solidarity is the basis of my politics.

Solidarity is the basis of my politics.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Politicians diminish themselves by sounding robotic.

Politicians diminish themselves by sounding robotic.

Douglas Alexander quotes: What matters in any campaign is that you have a strategic core that makes the judgements, decides the strategy, and can deliver.

What matters in any campaign is that you have a strategic core that makes the judgements, decides the strategy, and can deliver.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Our responsibility is to protect people and help them into work.

Our responsibility is to protect people and help them into work.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.

Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.

Douglas Alexander quotes: The 'Arab Spring' is the most spectacular example of the dispersal of power.

The 'Arab Spring' is the most spectacular example of the dispersal of power.

Douglas Alexander quotes: I don't get up in the morning and think my mission is to end Britain. I do get up in the morning and think that my mission is to end

I don't get up in the morning and think my mission is to end Britain. I do get up in the morning and think that my mission is to end poverty.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Under Ed Miliband's leadership, we are changing both our party's structures and culture.

Under Ed Miliband's leadership, we are changing both our party's structures and culture.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Of course we are looking to win support across every section of society. We win support by speaking to voters on the issues they most care about.

Of course we are looking to win support across every section of society. We win support by speaking to voters on the issues they most care about.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Kneejerk interventionism or kneejerk isolationism is the wrong course for Britain.

Kneejerk interventionism or kneejerk isolationism is the wrong course for Britain.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Most people understand that Lehman Brothers didn't collapse because Gordon Brown built too many schools and hospitals.

Most people understand that Lehman Brothers didn't collapse because Gordon Brown built too many schools and hospitals.

Douglas Alexander quotes: As Scots, we certainly want change today, but the change the Nationalists offer is not the change we want or need.

As Scots, we certainly want change today, but the change the Nationalists offer is not the change we want or need.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.

Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.

Douglas Alexander quotes: David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.

David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.

Douglas Alexander quotes: The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.

The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.

Douglas Alexander quotes: Change is a process: future is a destination. People want a sense of hope, possibility and pride about Britain.

Change is a process: future is a destination. People want a sense of hope, possibility and pride about Britain.

Douglas Alexander quotes: The style of politics that Damian McBride represents has been discredited, and Labour has moved on.

The style of politics that Damian McBride represents has been discredited, and Labour has moved on.

Douglas Alexander quotes: In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.

In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.

Douglas Alexander quotes: A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.

A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.

Douglas Alexander quotes: For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.

For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.

Douglas Alexander quotes: David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile.

David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile.

Douglas Alexander quotes: The scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat.

The scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat.

Douglas Alexander quotes: If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.

If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.

Douglas Alexander quotes: I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.

I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.

Douglas Alexander quotes: When I joined Labour in 1982, I didn't feel I belonged to a party born to power. My repeated experience was of bitter and repeated defeats.

When I joined Labour in 1982, I didn't feel I belonged to a party born to power. My repeated experience was of bitter and repeated defeats.

Douglas Alexander quotes: The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory.

The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory.