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"Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government."
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"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."

"What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes."

"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."

"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."

"A world technology means either a world government or world suicide."

"Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent."

"The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government."

"In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government."

"A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person."
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"I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament."


"I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides."


"I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands."


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


"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."


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


"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."


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