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Scotland and England may sometimes be rivals, but by geography, we are also neighbours. By history, allies. By economics, partners. And by fate and fortune, comrades, friends and family.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Allies Also Comrades Economics England Family Fate Fortune Friends Friends And Family Geography History May Neighbours Partners Rivals Scotland Sometimes

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What people want is a sense of a better future to come.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Better Better Future Come Future People Sense Want

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Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Being Exit Eye Job Minister Performed Prime Prime Minister

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The 'Arab Spring' is the most spectacular example of the dispersal of power.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Arab Arab Spring Example Most Power Spectacular Spring

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The Olympics is a time primarily for sport and celebration, but diplomacy does not stop at the door of the U.N., and for it to work, it must be sustained and consistent.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Celebration Consistent Diplomacy Does Door Must Olympics Primarily Sport Stop Sustained Time Work

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This Network Generation have grown up in a connected world. With Skype, Facebook, Twitter and the Internet, the world is at their fingertips via their smart phone. They find the idea of watching TV programmes at a time to suit the broadcaster quaint and old-fashioned.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Broadcaster Connected Facebook Find Fingertips Generation Grown Idea Internet Network Old-Fashioned Phone Programmes Skype Smart Suit Time Tv Twitter Up Via Watching Watching Tv World

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As Development Secretary, I have seen in the developing world that climate change there is not a theory, is not a future threat: it is a contemporary crisis.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Change Climate Climate Change Contemporary Crisis Developing Developing World Development Future Secretary Seen Theory Threat World

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What we are going to offer is not a one-way communication, but one-to-one communication.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Communication Going Offer One-Way

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In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Age Backs Growing Interconnectedness Option Our Simply Turning Understand World

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As Scots - like everyone else - we live in an increasingly inter-connected world that demands shared solutions to shared problems. Walking away from others have never been our way. Walking with others has been our heritage and still represents our best future.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Away Been Best Demands Else Everyone Everyone Else Future Heritage Increasingly Like Live Never Others Our Problems Represents Shared Solutions Still Walking Way World

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: October 26th, 1967

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