Quote #55

We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world.

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  3. To state a timetable now would simply paralyze the proper working of government, put at risk the changes we are making for Britain and dama…
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  5. This is not a clash between civilisations. It is a clash about civilisation.
  6. That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.
  7. Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
  8. I couldn't live with myself if I thought that these big strategic choices for my generation were there, and I wasn't even making them - or …

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