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> [One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/one-thing-that-i-feel-very-very-strongly-is-that-we-talk-about/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

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## More by David Miliband

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/first-climate-change-is-the-greatest-long-term-threat-faced-by/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/my-favourite-poem-is-called-roots-and-wings-it-s-a-very-moving-poem/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/i-can-t-admit-to-myself-that-the-creation-of-a-palestinian-state-won/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

> [I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/i-do-not-speak-hebrew-but-i-understand-that-it-has-no-word-for/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

> [We are a European nation - must stay one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/we-are-a-european-nation-must-stay-one/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/turning-every-business-into-an-environmental-industry-will-involve/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/i-abhor-anything-that-constitutes-torture-water-boarding-its/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/foreign-policy-is-inseparable-from-domestic-policy-now-is-terrorism/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/you-know-you-only-get-to-live-life-once-so-there-are-two-things-that/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/but-for-me-my-personal-relations-my-personal-family-relations-are/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

> [The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/the-test-of-leadership-for-david-cameron-was-actually-to-bring-the/)

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> [The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/the-real-danger-to-britain-is-a-foreign-policy-that-is-isolationist/)

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> [I've learnt that, sometimes, how others see you is not the same as how you see yourself. I've learnt about how you can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/i-ve-learnt-that-sometimes-how-others-see-you-is-not-the-same-as-how/)

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> [My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/my-advice-is-very-simple-if-you-can-win-a-small-battle-it-gives-you/)

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> [I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/i-mean-britain-is-a-country-of-successful-muslim-businesspeople/)

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