#r

The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world. ↗

— David Miliband

#danger #europe #foreign #foreign policy #policy

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 wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him, as he died when I was one. But his ring was kept by my aunt until it was placed on my finger by my wife Louise 32 years later. ↗

— David Miliband

#bought #brussels #died #finger #grandfather

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

We know there can be no justice in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. But there can be no security in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. ↗

— David Miliband

#justice #know #middle #middle east #palestinian

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring. ↗

— Henry Miller

#comes #daring #life #progress #through

I love apricots. They’re so fuzzy they’re furry. They’re like little pets you can eat legally. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #furry #pets #funny

We keep the terrorist threat to the United Kingdom under very careful scrutiny. We think it's right to keep the public informed about the general threat level. ↗

— David Miliband

#careful #general #informed #keep #kingdom

What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years. ↗

— David Miliband

#big #britain #build #cultural #democratic

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