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> [By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/by-asking-the-question-am-i-happy-and-via-the-answer-setting-out-what/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

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## More by Alastair Campbell

> [There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/there-are-many-reasons-for-the-decline-in-royal-esteem-one-is-that-so/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [I feel like thanking Paul Dacre every time, because the reason they ask me is because they think I've come through the other end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/i-feel-like-thanking-paul-dacre-every-time-because-the-reason-they/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [This may sound arrogant, but I believe that if we'd done teamship better, we'd still be there. Where we fell down was the inability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/this-may-sound-arrogant-but-i-believe-that-if-we-d-done-teamship/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [ Sometimes Jonathan \[Powell\] and myself would go to Tony \[Blair\] and ask him if he was absolutely sure about this or that. That was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/sometimes-jonathan-powell-and-myself-would-go-to-tony-blair-and-ask/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [I have always been driven. I have always believed in what I believe very deeply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/i-have-always-been-driven-i-have-always-believed-in-what-i-believe/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [I had a happy childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/i-had-a-happy-childhood/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/we-should-confine-booing-in-sports-arenas-to-sport-i-love-a-good-boo/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/clinton-is-a-big-personality-who-has-led-a-big-life-and-for-some-of/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [One day, we will look back and wonder how on earth we used to believe that depression was a lifestyle choice, only to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/one-day-we-will-look-back-and-wonder-how-on-earth-we-used-to-believe/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [Greg Dyke is on record as saying that once the BBC was attacked, it was their job to defend themselves. But that is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/greg-dyke-is-on-record-as-saying-that-once-the-bbc-was-attacked-it/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [ Paul Keating told us before we were elected that you can do deals with \[Rupert\] Murdoch without saying you were doing a deal. Did… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/paul-keating-told-us-before-we-were-elected-that-you-can-do-deals/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/like-most-meaningful-activities-campaigns-are-team-games/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/i-m-certainly-driven-i-hate-losing-i-can-be-ruthless-and-short/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [The royal family's existence is a constant reminder of the hollowness of John Major's rhetoric, and idiotic statements by its leading members a constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/the-royal-family-s-existence-is-a-constant-reminder-of-the-hollowness/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

> [I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-campbell/i-will-continue-to-help-the-political-causes-i-believe-in-in-any-way/)

[Alastair Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-campbell/)

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