Gordon Brown

Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area. ”

There's no point dwelling on the worst things people have said - there's a job to do. ”

I've got a job to do. ”

I welcome the role that people of faith play in building Britain's future - and the Catholic communion in particular is to be congratulated for so often being the conscience of our country, for helping 'the least of these' even when bearing witness to the truth is hard or unpopular. ”

To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake. ”

A woman said to me, 'You're better than your successor.' She then said she's lived under 10 prime ministers, and each was worse than the last. That put me in my place. ”

Do you think that I or anybody else who cares about the NHS would stand by and do nothing if we thought the NHS was going to be privatised in Scotland and its funds were going to be cut? Would we stand back and do nothing without a fight? Of course not. ”

I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support. ”

Nigel Farage wanted to privatise the health service. Nigel Farage does not believe in the values we believe in for our public services. ”

The NHS cannot be privatised if that's not the will of the Scottish people, and the Scottish health service will have the funding that's necessary if that's also the will of the Scottish people. ”