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Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.

~David Blunkett

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How to strike the right balance between our privacy and our expectation that the state will protect us and facilitate our freedom is one of the most difficult challenges facing us all.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Balance Between Challenges Difficult Expectation Facilitate Facing Freedom How Most Our Privacy Protect Right State Strike Us Will

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Despite being in public life, I value my own privacy immensely and would be as concerned as anyone else if I thought my mobile phone records could be easily available to officials across government.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Across Anyone Anyone Else Available Being Concerned Could Despite Easily Else Government Immensely Life Mobile My Own Officials Own Phone Privacy Public Public Life Records Thought Value Would

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Privacy is a right, but as in any democratic society, it is not an absolute right.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Absolute Any Democratic Democratic Society Privacy Right Society

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I prefer a positive view of freedom, drawing on another tradition of political thinking that goes all the way back to the ancient Greek polis.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Ancient Another Back Drawing Freedom Goes Greek Political Positive Prefer Thinking Tradition View Way

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History teaches us that, whatever we say, racists will always distort the words of mainstream politicians to make themselves sound more respectable.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Always Distort History Mainstream Make More Politicians Racists Respectable Say Sound Teaches Themselves Us Whatever Will Words

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I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that allows a free run for right-wing bigots.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Asylum Bigots Come Deal Entry Free Illegal Issue Politics Right-Wing Run System Working

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My job as Labour Home Secretary is to ensure people are prepared to listen to us when we take on our opponents across the political spectrum.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Across Ensure Home Job Labour Listen Opponents Our People Political Prepared Secretary Spectrum Take Us

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For six and a half years, I had responsibility for leading the Labour party policy on education and delivering on our promise of improved opportunities for all our children.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Children Delivering Education Had Half Half Years Improved Labour Labour Party Leading Opportunities Our Party Policy Promise Responsibility Six Years

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Parents don't believe that lifting life-chances in one school means reducing them in another.

~David Blunkett

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: June 6th, 1947

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