Gordon BrownThere is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society ✨ Gordon… ▶372HumanityReading
Gordon BrownIn the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust of the British people. ✨ I will listen ... and learn.… ▶373HumanityLifeThought
Gordon BrownWe are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as it should be - a Brita… ▶352Politics
Gordon Brown...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an urgent challenge, not only a challenge that threatens … ▶375Humanity
Gordon Brown...in just 25 years the glaciers in the Himalayas which provide water for three-quarters of a billion people could disappear entirely.376Humanity
Gordon BrownThe vision of personalised public services - meeting the individual needs of all our citizens - requires continuing reform in the way services are delivered ✨ Gordon Brown (… ▶366Politics
Gordon BrownOur mission is, in truth, historic and world changing - to build, over the next fifty years and beyond, a global low carbon economy. And it is not overdramatic to say that the cha… ▶333Truth
Gordon BrownBritain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.324Hope
Gordon BrownWe've got to be explicit that the road to greater economic success does not lie in this cosy assumption that you can move from a single market through a single currency to harmoni… ▶281Politics
Gordon BrownEach year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.314Truth
Gordon BrownBritain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and we know that Pakistan is even more committed to f… ▶359Love
Gordon BrownIn 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.293Death
Gordon BrownWe can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines through British history. Our commitment t… ▶316Politics
Gordon BrownTo be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future.284HopeHumanityTime
Gordon BrownThis is a Budget for Britain's future to secure fairness for each child and invest in every child265HopeTime
Gordon BrownI'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more. ✨ 2003 Following the birth of his son. Quoted in the Observer, 19 Oct.265Philosophy
Gordon BrownBritain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.276Humanity
Gordon BrownIf our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generati… ▶299Humanity
Gordon BrownNo one should be held back from realising their potential by fears that they will not be able to afford to go to university or that they will graduate with unmanageable levels of … ▶288Thought
Gordon BrownAmerica knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.191Hope
Gordon BrownI will listen and I will learn. I will strive to meet people's aspirations. I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place - where I will always strive to be - and th… ▶235HumanityPolitics
Gordon BrownOnce government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care237Politics
Gordon BrownI did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows.259HumanityThought
Gordon BrownThe place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.161Humanity
Gordon BrownWe must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is ne… ▶206Philosophy
Gordon BrownThink for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that matter?206ThoughtTime
Gordon BrownTake, 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 … ▶195Politics
Gordon BrownI'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for B… ▶196ThoughtTime
Gordon BrownWhen the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger ✨ Speech to a Joint Session of Congress, delivered 4 March 2009, Washington, D.C.175Love
Gordon BrownSo another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas that were the basis of the last stage… ▶208ReflectionThought
