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- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a tooth bust by somebody who decided they didn't like me and I thought the moustache hid a scar on my lip. It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My heroes are the non-commissioned officers. If I had another life that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War. Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have tended in politics in this country to concentrate on the domestic, on the here and now - the 'what's in it for me'.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you stand at an election and put a manifesto in front of people saying you're going to improve health care, you have to stick by that.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have strengths, and I have weaknesses. I don't pretend to be able to write a great thesis or doctorate - I have no pretensions in that direction.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll tell you what I do have: I have a good feel for ordinary people, for politics, and those are my strengths. I understand, I hope instinctively, where many of our Armed Forces come from.
- Moustache
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Defence must be more adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changes in the security environment and the character of conflict.
- Defence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
- Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the Chief of the Defence Staff says, you don't defend on the goal line. Defending the interests of the U.K. means tackling threats early and at source, and that means intervening overseas.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am extremely honoured to be the Defence Secretary, and I would not do the job if I did not think that I could make a useful contribution in the role.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The war in Afghanistan is too important to be reduced to a political football. We are fighting there to protect our national security. We are confronting the Taliban-led insurgency to prevent terrorists returning to that country.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot allow Afghanistan to become again a haven for terrorists who inspire, plan and provide support for attacks like those of 11 September 2001, of 7 July 2005 in London, and more.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reasoning for our civil-military plan is that lasting success will be when the Afghan government, security forces and people can resist the insurgents and terrorists themselves.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are not in Afghanistan because girls were not allowed to go to school, but helping them do so will give the Afghan people hope for a better future.
- Colleagues
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need a leader able to project his or her personality and present our policies in today's media environment. All this is true - but we also need a leader capable of building a team, inspiring loyalty from colleagues, and one genuinely open to ideas.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was first elected to parliament 18 years ago, one of the many things that struck me and that I still feel now is how the Labour Party, the party of collective action, can, at MP level and above, behave in such an individualistic way.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020