Quotes by Gordon Brown

Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

For me there is a mission for this country moving forward - there are big long-term decisions we've got to take as a nation.

I sense a new spirit in Britain: that the people of Britain want this massive demonstration of generosity to be given enduring purpose.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

We spend more on cows than the poor.

We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food.

Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally.That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world.

I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world.

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.