"In the past we used to think of……" — David Cameron
"In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in relative terms - the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted."
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86 Quotes by David Cameron
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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
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