Peter Mandelson Quotes

• You’ll say that I’m in charge of a Mickey Mouse project.

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• Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.

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• What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

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• What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.

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• We’ve got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

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• Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

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• They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

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• The markets don’t like instability and they don’t like uncertainty.

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• The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.

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• Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.

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• It’s a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

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• Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it’s inevitable, we’ve also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it’s not uncontrollable.

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• In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

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• In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.

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• If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.

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• I’m optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

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• I’m a fighter, not a quitter.

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• I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.

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• I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn’t be set back.

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• I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years.

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Peter Mandelson (29)

Birth:	21st October, 1953
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Commissioner, Parliament Member, Politician, President

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