British - Politician | February 20, 1951 -
We've managed to find a way of making decisions that prevents conflict arising - there has been no war between European members at any point in the last 70 years.
Gordon Brown
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Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.
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You can't just vote for yourself. All the time, you're thinking what sort of country, what world, what future?
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A woman said to me, 'You're better than your successor.' She then said she's lived under 10 prime ministers, and each was worse than the last. That put me in my place.
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Every country is going to have to face up to globalisation, but Scotland has got a unique capacity because of its history as part of a multinational state to help us deal with that problem.
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I've got a job to do.
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When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.
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You can drink too much tea.
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There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do.
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To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake.
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If you take energy and climate change, you really cannot deal with the problems with energy and climate change without European co-operation at a high level. If you take digitalisation, it's an obvious area where European co-operation can actually make a difference.
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I'm all for greater co-operation between Europe and America because I think that sometimes we've missed out on the benefits that transatlantic trade could give both continents, and I've been pressing this since 1997.
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