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I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

~David Miliband

Topics: British Committed Constituents Myself Politics Serve South

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I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: 'My goodness. It's a miracle that's going on here. What could the human race do together?'

~David Miliband

Topics: About Could Developing Going Goodness Here Human Human Race Incredibly Makes Me Miracle Optimistic Potential Race Seeing Sons Think Together Two You I Think

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I am the 'change Britain' candidate. We can only change Britain through a united Labour Party and I am the unity candidate. I have got support from the Left and the Right of the party.

~David Miliband

Topics: Am Britain Candidate Change Got Labour Labour Party Left Only Party Right Support Through United Unity I Am

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Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues.

~David Miliband

Topics: Al Also Between Convergence Economic Interests Issues Pakistan Pakistani Place Security Should Social Social Issues State Threat West Wider Qaeda

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People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world.

~David Miliband

Topics: Around Britain Just Lives More More Power Over Own People Power True Want World

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The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

~David Miliband

Topics: Actually Back Bring British Cameron Conservative Conservative Party David David Cameron Leadership Mainstream Party Test

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Foreign policy is inseparable from domestic policy now. Is terrorism foreign policy or domestic policy? It's both. It's the same with crime, with the economy, climate change.

~David Miliband

Topics: Both Change Climate Climate Change Crime Domestic Economy Foreign Foreign Policy Inseparable Now Policy Same Terrorism

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I can't admit to myself that the creation of a Palestinian state won't happen. What I know is that with each passing year it gets more and more difficult to happen, not least because there is more and more bloodshed, generation upon generation.

~David Miliband

Topics: Admit Because Bloodshed Creation Difficult Each Generation Gets Happen Know Least More More And More Myself Palestinian Palestinian State Passing State Year

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I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, it's perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there.

~David Miliband

Topics: Abhor Always Anything Clash Clear Closed Extraordinary Guantanamo Ideals Me Never Perfectly Pragmatism Said Should Supported Torture

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The 1970s - I was ten in 1975 - were a bad decade in all sorts of ways but the middle class had comfortable assumptions about the prospects for its children. The middle class was smaller then; it was a much less competitive Britain, less meritocratic.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Assumptions Bad Britain Children Class Comfortable Competitive Decade Had Less Middle Middle Class Much Prospects Smaller Sort Ten Then Ways Were 1970S

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: July 15th, 1965

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