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Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

British Politician

Born: Feb 20, 1951

Britain Change Future People World You

Related authors: Boris Johnson David Cameron Diane Abbott Jeremy Corbyn John Bercow Neil Kinnock Nigel Farage Theresa May

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. Gordon Brown

Father Matters Nothing Father's Day More Most Nothing Matters

I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind - it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally. Gordon Brown

Hate Everyone Kind Judged Equally Judging Always Discrimination Reflects Person Any Being Being Judged Prejudice Should Treated

When something really matters, you should never give up or give in. Gordon Brown

Never Give Up You Matters Give Something Never Up Really Should

Collective European Union action could mean no hiding places for evaders, no safe haven for tax avoiders, and no treasure islands for money launderers. Gordon Brown

Money Collective Action Hiding Haven Could Safe Safe Haven Islands Tax Places Mean Union European European Union Treasure

The extraordinary summer heatwave of 2003 in Europe resulted in over 35,000 extra deaths. Gordon Brown

Extra Extraordinary Summer Resulted Over Deaths Europe

We cannot compromise with the earth; we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another. Gordon Brown

Change Earth We Cannot Must Compromise Catastrophe Another Climate Climate Change Cannot

The Britain I know is the Britain of Jo Cox. The Britain where people are tolerant and not prejudiced, and where people hate hate. Gordon Brown

Hate People Know Cox Where Prejudiced Tolerant Britain

I love Scotland; I love the NHS. I was born into the NHS; I grew up in the NHS. My family grew up in the NHS. Gordon Brown

Love Family Born Up Scotland Grew

When I lost the sight of my eye and faced the prospect of going blind, my sight was saved by the NHS. Gordon Brown

Lost Saved Sight Eye Faced Prospect Blind Going

Do you think that I or anybody else who cares about the NHS would stand by and do nothing if we thought the NHS was going to be privatised in Scotland and its funds were going to be cut? Would we stand back and do nothing without a fight? Of course not. Gordon Brown

The NHS cannot be privatised if that's not the will of the Scottish people, and the Scottish health service will have the funding that's necessary if that's also the will of the Scottish people. Gordon Brown

Service Health People Will Also Scottish Cannot Necessary Funding

Getting married has certainly made a massive difference to my own life. So I am committed to giving support for family finances and having the right policies for work-life balance that make it easier for couples to have a rich family life. Gordon Brown

Life Family Balance Made Giving Own Rich Finances Easier Married My Own Having Support Massive Make Policies Couples Am Family Life Committed Getting Getting Married Difference Certainly Right

I welcome the role that people of faith play in building Britain's future - and the Catholic communion in particular is to be congratulated for so often being the conscience of our country, for helping 'the least of these' even when bearing witness to the truth is hard or unpopular. Gordon Brown

Truth Future Faith Welcome Truth Is People Witness Country Building Our Unpopular Bearing Particular Catholic Least Role Often Being Communion Hard Helping Even Play Conscience Britain

Why is playing football in Europe considered the pinnacle of our game, yet in other spheres of life, that same phrase - 'being in Europe' - is dismissed with suspicion? Gordon Brown

Life Game Other Our Considered Spheres Phrase Football Pinnacle Same Suspicion Being Dismissed Europe Why Playing

Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services. Gordon Brown

Service Health Values Believe Our Does Wanted Public Services

The best way of realising our high ideals is to show that we have an alternative in government that is credible, that is radical, and is electable - is neither a pale imitation of what the Tories offer nor is it the route to being a party of permanent protest rather than a party of government. Gordon Brown

Government Best Party Radical Imitation Our Way Tories High Neither Best Way Rather Ideals Alternative Protest Permanent Nor Offer Than Being Realising Show Pale Credible Route

It is not a mistake to want power. Gordon Brown

Mistake Power Want

Let us think of ourselves not as 'yes' and 'no' Scots but simply as Scots, and let us be a nation, united again. Gordon Brown

Nation Think Ourselves Simply Yes Again Us Let Us United

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

War Conflict Way Members Has-Been Find Prevents Point Arising Between Making Making Decisions Been Years Any Decisions European Last

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. Gordon Brown

Me You Woman Better Worse Ministers Put Prime Prime Ministers She Said Than Place Then Your Successor Each Lived Last

I've got a job to do. Gordon Brown

Job Got

When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do. Gordon Brown

You People Criticism Criticise Tried Learn Got Listen Which

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. Gordon Brown

Benefits Sometimes Think Pressing Out Give Both Could Between Missed Since Greater Because Trade Continents Been America Co-Operation Europe

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