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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 50 quotes by David Miliband David Wright Miliband (born 15 July 1965) is a British former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields from 2001 to 2013, and was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2007 to 2010. He and his brother, the current Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband, were the first siblings to sit in the Cabinet simultaneously since Edward, Lord Stanley, and Oliver Stanley in 1938. Born in... Read full biography of David Miliband → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → You know, you only get to live life once, so there are two things that that yields. One is that there's no point in crying over spilt milk, but... → 0 In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions. 0 One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London... → 0 I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: 'My goodness.... → 0 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. 0 Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state. 0 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... → 0 I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, it's perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to... → 0 Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties... → 0 The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear... → 0 Communism was meant to be an alternative religion. 0 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... → 0 One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or... → 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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