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If you want to fight against a declining trend, you've got to have a much bigger bazooka.

~David Miliband

Topics: Against Bigger Declining Fight Got Much Trend Want You

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My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.

~David Miliband

Topics: Around Capitalism Childhood Dad Debating Football Me Memories Mornings Mum Profit Remember Saturday Sitting Squeeze Swimming Table Taking Things Those I Remember

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I was always brought up that if you can make a difference, you should, and if you don't it's a waste. So we'll see if I can make a difference.

~David Miliband

Topics: Always Brought Difference Make Make A Difference See Should Up Waste You I Can

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The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game.

~David Miliband

Topics: Afghanistan Aid Big British Contribution Date Diplomats End Engagement Game Lives Made Our Proper Risk Troops Western While Workers

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The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Biggest China Chinese Country First First Generation Generation Know Known Leaders Leadership Little Lives Majority New Novelty Opening Rest Rule Spent Ten Ten Years Up Very Views Who Will World Years

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The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class.

~David Miliband

Topics: Africa African Alone Biggest Britain Class Economies Five Middle Middle Class Million Million People Mobile Mobile Phones Nigeria Opportunity Out People Phones Population Seven Ten Times Total World

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Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Economies Modern Modern World Power Responsibility State Successful World

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In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised.

~David Miliband

Topics: Britain Education Housing Over Prescribed System Transport Unemployed Welfare Work Young

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The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the myth that the Treasury either knows best or can run it all. It just doesn't.

~David Miliband

Topics: Best British Contribute Economy Either Goal Government Just Knows Means Myth Needs Restructuring Run Shared Taking Treasury Whole

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Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

~David Miliband

Topics: Analysis Before Empathy Getting Good Out Policy Politics Proceeds Sets Solutions Starts Then Values Vision

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: July 15th, 1965

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