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Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.
I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.
I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.
I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.
I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.
I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.
I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.
I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.
I know people are fickle.
I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.
I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.
I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.
I trust the people.
I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour's regional bureaucracies and agencies and their offices in Brussels.
I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.
If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.
If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.
In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time.
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