Quotes by Gordon Brown

“Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of the...”

“Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.”

“I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower.”

“Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality.”

“Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the...”

“I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and Vladimir Putin's Russia, there is absolutely no chance of building a wo...”

“I had to deal with terrorist finance. And we had to, if you like, ensure that the accounts of people who were guilty of terrorist finance or using their accounts for terrorist finance were closed d...”

“The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers' rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe... and it will be to the benefit of every British ci...”

“I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.”

“We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are intr...”

“I'm a father that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. ”

“I'm a father that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.”

“Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investmen...”

“My first rule – the golden rule – ensures that over the economic cycle the Government will borrow only to invest, and that current spending will be met from taxation.”

“I said that this would be a Budget based on prudence for a purpose and that guides us also in our approach to public spending.”

“Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past.”

“David Blunkett and I both take the same view that it is scandalous that someone from North Tyneside, Laura Spence, with the best qualifications and who wants to be a doctor, should be turned down b...”

“Politics seems much less important today. When you see your young daughter smiling as she was, and moving around, it's a superb feeling.”

“I'm here – but I haven't been given permission to drive.”

“I understand that in the UK there have already been 10,000 complaints from viewers about these remarks, which people see, rightly, as offensive. I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness a...”