“The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.”
— David Miliband
Author: David Miliband
Category: leadership
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Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to
“Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.”
— David Miliband
Author: David Miliband
Category: politics
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My memories are of my dad taking
“My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.”
— David Miliband
Author: David Miliband
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Everything about my politics has been about
“Everything about my politics has been about the future.”
— David Miliband
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And the truth is, those who are
“And the truth is, those who are terrorists only have to succeed once, and those of us who are trying to build an inclusive society have to succeed every time.”
— David Miliband
Author: David Miliband
Category: society
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The wedding ring on my left hand
“The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him, as he died when I was one. But his ring was kept by my aunt until it was placed on my finger by my wife Louise 32 years later.”
— David Miliband
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History is information. Memory is part of
“History is information. Memory is part of your identity.”
— David Miliband
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Everything about my politics has been about
“Everything about my politics has been about the future.”
— David Miliband
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Category: future
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In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to
“In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised.”
— David Miliband
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Category: education
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My advice is very simple: if you
“My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.”
— David Miliband
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Communism was meant to be an alternative
“Communism was meant to be an alternative religion.”
— David Miliband
Author: David Miliband
Category: religion
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