Peter Mandelson

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear…

— Peter Mandelson

Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.

— Peter Mandelson

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

— Peter Mandelson

“We are all Thatcherites now”

— Peter Mandelson

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

— Peter Mandelson

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to…

— Peter Mandelson

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

— Peter Mandelson

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it.

— Peter Mandelson

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

— Peter Mandelson

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have…

— Peter Mandelson

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.

— Peter Mandelson

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

— Peter Mandelson

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.

— Peter Mandelson

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

— Peter Mandelson

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved…

— Peter Mandelson

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.

— Peter Mandelson

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

— Peter Mandelson

I didn't mislead people. I know I didn't lie and I have got to establish that.

— Peter Mandelson

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

— Peter Mandelson

We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich.

— Peter Mandelson

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

— Peter Mandelson

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to…

— Peter Mandelson

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

— Peter Mandelson

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

— Peter Mandelson

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we…

— Peter Mandelson