#con

My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics. ↗

— David Miliband

#battle #battles #bigger #bottom-up #confidence

One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients. ↗

— David Miliband

#commonwealth #crown #economics #especially #essential

The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game. ↗

— David Miliband

#aid #big #british #contribution #date

The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class. ↗

— David Miliband

#alone #biggest #britain #class #economies

The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear weapon. Both would precipitate a long and dangerous conflict in an already unstable Middle East. Both would be a disaster. ↗

— David Miliband

#being #biggest #bombed #both #conflict

The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the myth that the Treasury either knows best or can run it all. It just doesn't. ↗

— David Miliband

#british #contribute #economy #either #goal

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. ↗

— David Miliband

#change #economic #lead #political #politics

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 crying over spilt milk, but secondly you hate wasting time, energy, and whatever talent you've got. ↗

— David Miliband

#energy #get #got #hate #know

The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#event #great #russia #second

The filmmakers always have a great level of control. ↗

— John Milius

#control #filmmakers #great #level