"Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war."

War, Possibility, Children, First

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"Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war."

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"However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice."

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"Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime."

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"Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will."

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"Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline."

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"I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country."

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"There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000."

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"I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament."

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"We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world."

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