More From David Miliband
- "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."
- "In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised."
- "One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It’s almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn’t show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought."
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- "Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous."― Barbara Ehrenreich
- "If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine."― Morris West
- "We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."― Doug Coupland