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"I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state."
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"I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me."
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"I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment."
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"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another."
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