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The Olympics is a time primarily for sport and celebration, but diplomacy does not stop at the door of the U.N., and for it to work, it must be sustained and consistent.
- Douglas Alexander
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It is already clear that, because of advances in technology, drones are going to play an increased role in warfare in the years ahead. It is therefore vital that the legal frameworks governing their use are robust and internationally recognised.
- Douglas Alexander
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There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in the U.S. that fall far below the standard of conduct that should have taken place. It is for the American system of government, in all of its branches, to address that. It is not for a British politician.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Fall
#Government
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If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.
- Douglas Alexander
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#People
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#Talk
As Scots - like everyone else - we live in an increasingly inter-connected world that demands shared solutions to shared problems. Walking away from others have never been our way. Walking with others has been our heritage and still represents our best future.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Live
#Problems
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What we are going to offer is not a one-way communication, but one-to-one communication.
- Douglas Alexander
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Part of the reason I am so evangelical in our campaigning work is that I had an unshakeable faith in Labour values, but we needed a machine worthy of the message. I grew up with a peerless Conservative machine, with vastly superior resources.
- Douglas Alexander
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#I Am
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The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Human
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David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.
- Douglas Alexander
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#People
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This Network Generation have grown up in a connected world. With Skype, Facebook, Twitter and the Internet, the world is at their fingertips via their smart phone. They find the idea of watching TV programmes at a time to suit the broadcaster quaint and old-fashioned.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Internet
#Smart
#Time
#World
In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Simply
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Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Opinion
#Politician
#Public
Stories come and go. The challenge is to frame the questions that voters will be asking on polling day, such as who has avoided a global depression and worked here to deliver jobs.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Frame
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Scotland and England may sometimes be rivals, but by geography, we are also neighbours. By history, allies. By economics, partners. And by fate and fortune, comrades, friends and family.
- Douglas Alexander
#Economics
#Family
#Geography
#History
If Nick Clegg hadn't been sitting around the cabinet table, we wouldn't have had the bedroom tax; we wouldn't have had the rise in tuition fees. We wouldn't have had the mistakes we've seen in economic policy.
- Douglas Alexander
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For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Me
#Trust
#Values
#Win
My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.
- Douglas Alexander
#Equality
#Fight
#Live
#Together
#Vision
Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Communication
#Community
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Of course we need to show we are a genuine alternative to an unpopular, Conservative-led government. But we need to set ourselves a higher standard than a party offering anger like UKIP.
- Douglas Alexander
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#Government
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