The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view. – Ed Miliband
I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didnt believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism. – Ed Miliband
The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom. – Ed Miliband
And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so. – Ed Miliband
Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith – even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. – Karen Armstrong