David Miliband Quotes

A collection of quotes by David Miliband.

David Miliband is a British politician and former Member of Parliament. He was born on July 15, 1965, in London, England, and grew up in a political household. His father, Ralph Miliband, was also a renowned academic and political theorist.

Miliband attended Oxford University, where he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and later pursued further studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After completing his education, he joined the Labour Party and began working as a researcher for various MPs.

In 2001, Miliband was elected as the Member of Parliament for the South Shields constituency, a position he held until 2013. He quickly rose through the ranks of the Labour Party and served in several ministerial positions, including Minister of State for Schools, Minister for Communities and Local Government, and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

Miliband was known for his articulate and progressive stance on various issues, including climate change, global poverty, and humanitarian aid. He ran for the leadership of the Labour Party in 2010 but lost to his brother, Ed Miliband. Following this defeat, he resigned from frontline politics and moved to the United States to take up the role of President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, a prominent humanitarian organization.

One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office wa

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.

Health

My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it

My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.

Politics

You have to believe that it's through politics that societie

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.

Politics

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shie

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

Politics

In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system

In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised.

Education

People feel politics isn't about their lives.

People feel politics isn't about their lives.

Politics

One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk ab

One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought.

Respect

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bri

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

Leadership

The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China.

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.

Leadership

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, the

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

Politics

My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday

My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.

Dad

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn'

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn'

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.

The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferati

The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't be tackled by the West alone. They need a coalition of not just West and East, but they need a coalition of Christian and Jew and Muslim.

Alone

The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfathe

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.

Wedding

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

Future

I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspe

I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is.

Society

Communism was meant to be an alternative religion.

Communism was meant to be an alternative religion.

Religion