#us

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

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#central #challenged #dominated #equality #gender

Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#challenged #change #hostile #how #impression

We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#better #better place #find #injustice #leave

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker. ↗

— John Milius

#filmmaker #films #more #nothing #pretentious

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

— Kelly Miller

#event #great #russia #second

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden. ↗

— John Milius

#felt #heavy #i #just #leaden