My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
...the science is getting worse faster than the politics is getting better — David Miliband Copy Share Image
You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
First, climate change is the greatest long-term threat faced by humanity. It could cause more human and financial suffering than the two world wars… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
I can't admit to myself that the creation of a Palestinian state won't happen. What I know is that with each passing year it… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Foreign policy is inseparable from domestic policy now. Is terrorism foreign policy or domestic policy? It's both. It's the same with crime, with the… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
You know, you only get to live life once, so there are two things that that yields. One is that there's no point in… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
But for me, my personal relations, my personal family relations, are very important, and we've always tried to make sure that the public and… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world. — David Miliband Copy Share Image