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> [Sometimes it takes a crisis for people to agree that what is obvious and should have been done years ago, can no longer be postponed. We must create a new international financial architecture for the global age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/sometimes-it-takes-a-crisis-for-people-to-agree-that-what-is-obvious/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

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## More by Gordon Brown

> [We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/we-can-find-common-qualities-and-common-values-that-have-made-britain/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [Jubilee 2000 is a broad coalition which has moved the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/jubilee-2000-is-a-broad-coalition-which-has-moved-the-earth/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/we-are-entering-an-era-in-which-national-government-instead-of/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [I understand that in the UK there have already been 10,000 complaints from viewers about these remarks, which people see, rightly, as offensive. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/i-understand-that-in-the-uk-there-have-already-been-10-000-complaints/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/i-m-a-great-supporter-of-the-european-union-i-didn-t-support-entry-to/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/there-is-nothing-that-you-could-say-to-me-now-that-i-could-ever/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/56-000-companies-have-already-benefited-from-the-schemes-that-we-have/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [Sometimes it takes a crisis for people to agree that what is obvious and should have been done years ago, can no longer be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/sometimes-it-takes-a-crisis-for-people-to-agree-that-what-is-obvious/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/i-am-happy-for-there-to-be-a-leadership-contest-i-think-there-should/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [...in just 25 years the glaciers in the Himalayas which provide water for three-quarters of a billion people could disappear entirely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/in-just-25-years-the-glaciers-in-the-himalayas-which-provide-water/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [Think for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/think-for-a-moment-what-is-the-british-equivalent-of-the-u-s-fourth/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/what-is-gained-by-debt-relief-and-aid-can-be-lost-if-we-don-t-get-a/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [So another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas that were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/so-another-challenge-for-our-generation-is-to-create-global/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/my-favourite-sport-at-school-was-rugby-all-sports-are-teamwork-but/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

> [Britain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/britain-and-pakistan-will-jointly-fight-the-menace-of-terrorism-both/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

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