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My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.

~David Miliband

Topics: Advice Battle Battles Bigger Confidence Doing Gives Much Political Political Process Politics Process Simple Small Take Very Way Win You

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But for me, my personal relations, my personal family relations, are very important, and we've always tried to make sure that the public and the private are kept separate.

~David Miliband

Topics: Always Family Important Kept Make Me Personal Private Public Relations Separate Sure Tried Very

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There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong.

~David Miliband

Topics: Actually Austerity Back Britain Country Danger Dangerous Draw Economic Essentially Facing Government Less Ourselves Parts Perceive System Think Wealthy Wrong I Think

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Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Between Borders Clarity Consensus Each Endgame International Israelis Issues Need Other Outside Palestinians Parties Promises Should Solution Suspicious Terms

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We know there can be no justice in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. But there can be no security in the Middle East without a Palestinian state.

~David Miliband

Topics: East Justice Know Middle Middle East Palestinian Palestinian State Security State Without

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My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Favourite Fly Got How Moving Poem Real Roots Very Wings You

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John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative!

~David Miliband

Topics: Back Cameron Con Conservative David John Major Norman Put

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You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.

~David Miliband

Topics: Believe Change Economic Lead Political Politics Social Societies Through You

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People feel politics isn't about their lives.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Feel Lives People Politics

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The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.

~David Miliband

Topics: Britain Danger Europe Foreign Foreign Policy Policy Real Rest Therefore Weak World

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: July 15th, 1965

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