8 Quotes & Sayings By David Miliband

David Miliband was born in Oxford, England, in 1963 and studied at Brasenose College, Oxford. He was elected to parliament in 1997 when he took the seat vacated by his father, Foreign Secretary and Leader of the Labour Party, and became the youngest Member of Parliament . He has twice been a special adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair and was also a member of the Cabinet Office under Gordon Brown. David Miliband is an Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, and a trustee of the Prince William Institute for Global Education Read more

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Communism was meant to be an alternative religion. David Miliband
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History is information. Memory is part of your identity. David Miliband
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The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world. David Miliband
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The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream. David Miliband
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One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients. David Miliband
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The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class. David Miliband
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The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him, as he died when I was one. But his ring was kept by my aunt until it was placed on my finger by my wife Louise 32 years later. David Miliband