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And some of what were doing in Government even now, some of the we

And some of what were doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties. – Patricia Hewitt

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I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week… First things first – that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more. – Patricia Hewitt

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People are not perfect… very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but theyve had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that. – Patricia Hewitt

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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents. – Walter Lippmann

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