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British Politician Inspirational Quotes (1208)

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We do not believe in quotas. They would not only be undesirable, they would be illegal. There is legal protection for the autonomy of universities in running their own admission arrangements.
David Willetts
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The Tories seem unable to make any impact north of the border.
Lucy Powell
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If you decide to run for the leadership, you have to go through it with the people you love. But you also have to protect them and I am determined to protect my mum.
David Miliband
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I would use the power of procurement, I would say if you want to do business with the mayor of London, you must pay your staff a London Living Wage.
Sadiq Khan
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I get a lot of letters from people.
George Osborne
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He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]
John Prescott
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I know what it's like to see someone lose their job as a result of the European Union. I saw my father lose his job, I saw his business go to the wall, I saw 24 people who he employed also lose their jobs.
Michael Gove
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There are hazards in everything one does, but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.
Shirley Williams
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The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.
Paddy Ashdown
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Nobody can guarantee the real terms per pupil funding increase. In the Labour party's manifesto we know the figures don't add up.
Theresa May
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The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice.
Daniel Hannan
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Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal.
Sebastian Coe
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I think it's much harder for anybody who voted Remain to have credibility amongst the voters who voted to leave in terms of leading the country. It's not impossible, but it's much harder.
Liam Fox
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Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.
William Hague
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To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.
Sebastian Coe
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Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done.
John Prescott
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Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it.
Sarah Wollaston
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Anyone will say anything under torture.
George Galloway
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We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.
Iain Duncan Smith
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There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.
Paddy Ashdown
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You cannot live in the best city in the world and have people living on the streets.
Sadiq Khan
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We need to create an enterprise culture, a society where successful entrepreneurs are respected and admired, not treated with suspicion and disdain. And in which we see less envy of other peoples' achievements and mistrust of commerce, and a greater readiness to get out there and join in the process.
Norman Tebbit
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Advertising does something important as a sector - culturally and especially economically
Chuka Umunna
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There is one school of thought that says Mayors should cut ribbons, be funny and be a buffoon. The other school of thought is that we can do more. Scotland is getting more powers. Wales is getting more powers. Greater Manchester. London needs more powers.
Sadiq Khan
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