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> [In government, you are pressed by the security agencies. They come to you with very good information, and they say, 'You need to do something.' So you do need the breath of scepticism, not cynicism, breathing on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/in-government-you-are-pressed-by-the-security-agencies-they-come-to/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

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## More by David Blunkett

> [Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/strengthening-our-identity-is-one-way-of-reinforcing-people-s/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/politics-is-about-the-participation-and-engagement-of-the-wider/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/i-don-t-think-anyone-can-say-i-have-said-one-thing-in-public-and-done/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [As a former home secretary, I have access to and knowledge of the workings of the system in a way that individuals unfamiliar with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/as-a-former-home-secretary-i-have-access-to-and-knowledge-of-the/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [The Home Office culture was one of being just above the problem, of hovering just out of reach of knowing what was going on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/the-home-office-culture-was-one-of-being-just-above-the-problem-of/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadnt taken every possible step for prevention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/and-we-think-that-our-citizens-and-yours-would-be-very-angry-if-they/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/i-was-affected-by-the-harshness-of-government-the-reality-of-16-hour/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [Yes, it will go through the disciplines that all puppies go through including house training and puppy walking, then at twelve month old it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/yes-it-will-go-through-the-disciplines-that-all-puppies-go-through/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [At school, I was brought up on revolting food - sausages, sausages and Spam - but at home, I had the most wonderful sponge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/at-school-i-was-brought-up-on-revolting-food-sausages-sausages-and/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/let-s-not-allow-the-voice-of-the-people-to-be-overwhelmed-by-the/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the driving force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/the-clash-between-capital-and-labour-between-those-seeking-to/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/without-the-political-parties-and-the-volunteering-work-of-their/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [If I pleaded guilty to a mistake while I was home secretary, it wasn't that I didn't get tough - my God, I put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/if-i-pleaded-guilty-to-a-mistake-while-i-was-home-secretary-it-wasn-t/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [I have always been honest about my recollection of events.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/i-have-always-been-honest-about-my-recollection-of-events/)

[David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/)

> [We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/we-have-put-over-2bn-in-the-last-three-years-into-counter-terrorism/)

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