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People believe in the power of education to change lives. — Gordon Brown

It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back off — David Blunkett

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

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

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. — Gordon Brown

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. — Gordon Brown

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

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? — Gordon Brown

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. — Gordon Brown

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

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

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

We spend more on cows than the poor. — Gordon Brown

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. — Gordon Brown

You have to live in the future, not the past. — Gordon Brown

When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger — Gordon Brown

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

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

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

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. — Gordon Brown

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

As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse. — George Galloway

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. — Gordon Brown

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

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

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

Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise. — William Hague

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

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

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

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

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

There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown. — Diane Abbott

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

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

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. — Gordon Brown

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

Gordon Brown now bestrides politics and the media like the Colossus of Dunfermline. Whatever happened to Tony Blair? — Austin Mitchell

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

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

David Cameron has a different style to Gordon Brown. — Louis Susman

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

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

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

I've got a job to do. — Gordon Brown

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

You can drink too much tea. — Gordon Brown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Gordon Brown

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

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

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

I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out. — John Brown Gordon

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

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

Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild stroke. — Frankie Boyle

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

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

Meet the challenges of the time. — Gordon Brown

Mars is not an aesthetic God. — John Brown Gordon

Famously, I'm somewhat impatient. — Gordon Brown

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. — Gordon Brown

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

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

I've been president of Brown and chancellor of Vanderbilt, where they have very high completion rates. — Gordon Gee

No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned. — John Brown Gordon

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

Stability is necessary for our future economic success. — Gordon Brown

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 — Gordon Brown

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

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

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

It is not a mistake to want power. — Gordon Brown

Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control. — Gordon Brown

A people without the memories of heroic suffering and sacrifices are a people without a history. — John Brown Gordon

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

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

As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister — Boris Johnson

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. — Gordon Brown

Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.' — Delia Smith

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

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

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

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. — Gordon Brown

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

As Tony [Blair] said in his book, Gordon [Brown] was brilliant and impossible. If he'd just been one of those things, the options are obvious. — Alastair Campbell

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

Britain does not want a return to boom and bust. — Gordon Brown