Gordon Brown Government Quotations

For we can now understand why it was that a man true to his conscience, in circumstances of such controversy, leave government in a way that not only manifested an absence of rancor but won applause, not just from those who agreed with him but those who disagreed with him.

It is important that the government has all its votes at its disposal this afternoon. The security of the nation comes first. No government can afford to take risks with the security of the country.

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.

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

Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care

I 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 that is on people's side.

We 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 Britain of nations and regions