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People believe in the power of education to change lives.

Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

It will not be a surprise to you to learn I'm more interested in the future of the Arctic Circle than the future of the Arctic Monkeys.

Britain was set to repeat the boom-bust cycle that led to 15 per cent. interest rates for one whole year in the early 1990s.

In Britain, we are not a secular state as France is, or some other countries.

Think for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that matter?

I did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows.

The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction.

The Britain I know is the Britain of Jo Cox. The Britain where people are tolerant and not prejudiced, and where people hate hate.

I want to do something for Kirkcaldy and Fife. I am a full-time MP, not a businessman.

We spend more on cows than the poor.

I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower.

You have to live in the future, not the past.

When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

Let us think of ourselves not as 'yes' and 'no' Scots but simply as Scots, and let us be a nation, united again.

I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be

I said that this would be a Budget based on prudence for a purpose and that guides us also in our approach to public spending.

For centuries, individuals have been learning how to live with their next-door neighbours.

I love Scotland; I love the NHS. I was born into the NHS; I grew up in the NHS. My family grew up in the NHS.

Tony Blair is the best friend I've had in politics.

Politics seems much less important today. When you see your young daughter smiling as she was, and moving around, it's a superb feeling.

You can't just vote for yourself. All the time, you're thinking what sort of country, what world, what future?

When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do.

Making the desirable possible requires us to make the desirable popular, electable, credible, and something that people want to hold on to.

Cowdenbeath Football Club have always been at the centre of Cowdenbeath - literally and in every aspect of community life.

I am a father with young kids, and you want to know the jobs in the future are going to be there.

Foreign policy can no longer be the province of just a few elites.

I think it's important that people know who you are and ... can ask any questions they like about you.

The House has noticed the Prime Minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks, from Stalin to Mr. Bean.

There are values far beyond those of contracts, markets and exchange

Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.

I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually.

There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do.

In just 25 years the glaciers in the Himalayas which provide water for three-quarters of a billion people could disappear entirely.

I've got a job to do.

I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us.

Britain must lead in Europe to intensify the fight against global terrorism and make our country safer.

The extraordinary summer heatwave of 2003 in Europe resulted in over 35,000 extra deaths.

You can drink too much tea.

To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake.

The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act.

When I lost the sight of my eye and faced the prospect of going blind, my sight was saved by the NHS.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

We cannot compromise with the earth; we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another.

This is a Budget for Britain's future to secure fairness for each child and invest in every child

The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.

My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.

There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe.

Britain does not want a return to boom and bust.

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

Pop Idol, X Factor, Fame Academy, there's so much talent out there. It's great to see people getting the chance to show their potential

Stability is necessary for our future economic success.

Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services.

Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of energy use.

I am not going to the House of Lords. Never. That's not who I am. That's not where I am.

When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.

Famously, I'm somewhat impatient.

Meet the challenges of the time.

Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality.

When something really matters, you should never give up or give in.

I don't think Jeremy Corbyn's going to stay, he's going to go. He knows parliamentary party have no faith in him.

Jubilee 2000 is a broad coalition which has moved the earth.

In the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust of the British people.

Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past.

I find it quite unusual for people to criticise me for doing what I consider to be my duty.

What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong,

To be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future.

I hope the Spice Girls will come back, although it may be beyond even Bob Geldof to get that to happen.

Boom and bust is a term that applied to the Conservative years and two of the worst recessions in history

We had lost the art of communication - but not, alas, the gift of speech.

Those who write off our European heritage are, at least in part, writing off their own heritage.

We should demonstrate that in war, under Churchill and Lloyd George, and in peace, Britain always was, already is, and can continue to be a leader.

Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

When you've got a society that is diverse, what happens is for a time, the issue is integrating your minorities into that society.

Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.

It is not a mistake to want power.

They should never have put me with that woman ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.

Our ability to connect as a nation with other nations around the world is enhanced dramatically by the Internet.