My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly. David Miliband callfavouritefly Change image and share on social
We keep the terrorist threat to the United Kingdom under very careful scrutiny. We think it's right to keep the public informed about the general threat level. David Miliband carefulgeneralinform Change image and share on social
But for me, my personal relations, my personal family relations, are very important, and we've always tried to make sure that the public and the private are kept separate. David Miliband familyhaveimportant Change image and share on social
You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. David Miliband changeeconomiclead Change image and share on social
People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world. David Miliband britainlivepeople Change image and share on social
The 1970s - I was ten in 1975 - were a bad decade in all sorts of ways but the middle class had comfortable assumptions about the prospects for its children. The middle class was smaller then; it was a much less competitive Britain, less meritocratic. David Miliband 1970sassumptionbad share on social
Communism was meant to be an alternative religion. David Miliband alternativecommunismmean Change image and share on social
You know, you only get to live life once, so there are two things that that yields. One is that there's no point in crying over spilt milk, but secondly you hate wasting time, energy, and whatever talent you've got. David Miliband cryenergyhate share on social
I can't admit to myself that the creation of a Palestinian state won't happen. What I know is that with each passing year it gets more and more difficult to happen, not least because there is more and more bloodshed, generation upon generation. David Miliband admitbloodshedcreation share on social
Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues. David Miliband convergenceeconomicinterest share on social
