Gordon Brown

I have just accepted the invitation of Her Majesty The Queen to form a Government. This will be a new Government with new priorities and I have been privileged to have been granted the great opportunity to serve my country and at all times I will be strong in purpose, steadfast in will, resolute in action in the service of what matters to the British people, meeting the concerns and aspirations of our whole country.

Think 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?

I think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these things happen, but it is not acceptable and I do believe that what people now want to do is to debate the future - about policy - and I think the issues about what Tony Blair will or will not do are going to be left to Tony Blair

...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 the environment but also international peace and security, prosperity and development. And as the Stern report showed, the economic effects of climate change on this scale cannot be ignored, but the costs can be limited if we act early

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 by Oxford University using an interview system more reminiscent of the old school network and the old school tie than justice. It is about time for an end to that old Britain where what matters more are the privileges you are born with, rather than the potential you actually have.

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 down. So we had to do asset freezing.

I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us.

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.

Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services.

Cowdenbeath Football Club have always been at the centre of Cowdenbeath - literally and in every aspect of community life.

When people criticise you, you\'ve got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I\'ve tried to do.

Making the desirable possible requires us to make the desirable popular, electable, credible, and something that people want to hold on to.

Meet the challenges of the time.

Famously, I\'m somewhat impatient.

We\'ve managed to find a way of making decisions that prevents conflict arising - there has been no war between European members at any point in the last 70 years.

For centuries, individuals have been learning how to live with their next-door neighbours.

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 world-wide alliance that can deal with poverty and inequality and climate change and financial instability, and we\'ve got to face up to that fact.

Foreign policy can no longer be the province of just a few elites.

The best way of realising our high ideals is to show that we have an alternative in government that is credible, that is radical, and is electable - is neither a pale imitation of what the Tories offer nor is it the route to being a party of permanent protest rather than a party of government.

I\'m all for greater co-operation between Europe and America because I think that sometimes we\'ve missed out on the benefits that transatlantic trade could give both continents, and I\'ve been pressing this since 1997.

While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time, and we can\'t put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair, and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him.

When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.

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

I find it quite unusual for people to criticise me for doing what I consider to be my duty.

You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually going on, and the public opinion would grow to the point where action would need to be taken.

To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake.

You can\'t just vote for yourself. All the time, you\'re thinking what sort of country, what world, what future?

You can drink too much tea.

Britain must lead in Europe to intensify the fight against global terrorism and make our country safer.

It is not a mistake to want power.