We had lost the art of communication - but not, alas, the gift of speech. Gordon Brown More Quotes by Gordon Brown More Quotes From Gordon Brown I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European. Gordon Brown unionssupportthinking In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world. Gordon Brown generationsopportunityworld We've got to be explicit that the road to greater economic success does not lie in this cosy assumption that you can move from a single market through a single currency to harmonising all your taxes and then having a federal fiscal policy and then effectively having a federal state. Gordon Brown europelyingmoving Our mission is, in truth, historic and world changing - to build, over the next fifty years and beyond, a global low carbon economy. And it is not overdramatic to say that the character and course of the coming century will be set by how we measure up to this challenge Gordon Brown challengescharacteryears 56,000 companies have already benefited from the schemes that we have brought in. If we have taken the advice of the Conservative Party, no money would have been used. As Barack Obama said only yesterday, doing nothing is not an option. Gordon Brown partytakenyesterday It is time to train British workers for the British jobs that will be available over the coming few years and to make sure that people who are inactive and unemployed are able to get the new jobs on offer in our country. Gordon Brown jobscountryyears I admired and valued Robin as a colleague and friend and as one of the greatest parliamentarians of our time. His wife Gaynor and his two sons are in our thoughts and prayers. Gordon Brown prayertwoson The IIFA Weekend has my unprecedented support. The relationship between India and the UK is long standing and one we would like to keep developing forever. Gordon Brown weekendsupportlong I think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these things happen, but it is not acceptable and I do believe that what people now want to do is to debate the future - about policy - and I think the issues about what Tony Blair will or will not do are going to be left to Tony Blair Gordon Brown partybelievethinking I am not going to make decisions based on barricades and blockades, nor am I going to make decisions based on the short-term volatility of the oil price. Gordon Brown volatilityoildecision I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support. Gordon Brown winningtwopeople I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually. Gordon Brown fatherchildrenthinking ...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an urgent challenge, not only a challenge that threatens the environment but also international peace and security, prosperity and development. And as the Stern report showed, the economic effects of climate change on this scale cannot be ignored, but the costs can be limited if we act early Gordon Brown climatechallengesfaces You need in the long run for stability, for economic growth, for jobs, as well as for financial stability, global economic institutions that make sure that growth to be sustained has to be shared, and are built on the principle that the prosperity of this world is indivisible. Gordon Brown organizationrunningjobs Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investment, and people and infrastructure. Gordon Brown stresspeopleideas David Blunkett and I both take the same view that it is scandalous that someone from North Tyneside, Laura Spence, with the best qualifications and who wants to be a doctor, should be turned down by Oxford University using an interview system more reminiscent of the old school network and the old school tie than justice. It is about time for an end to that old Britain where what matters more are the privileges you are born with, rather than the potential you actually have. Gordon Brown doctorsviewsschool [They] should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour. Gordon Brown usedimportantshould What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong. Gordon Brown hong-kongdebtagreement We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing. Gordon Brown introducingtoughskills Our approach is to reject the old vicious circle of the '80s-rising debt, higher long-term interest rates, higher debt repayment costs, lower growth, higher unemployment, then enforced cuts in public spending. That was the old boom and bust. Gordon Brown circlescuttinglong
