In a world with millions of international journeys and economic transactions every year, ideas of 'Splendid Isolation' or rhetoric about 'the White Cliffs of Dover' can do nothing to address international criminality, terrorism or serious and organized crime or address patterns of international migration,

Charles Clarke

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It is a splendid year for the municipal industry.

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In hermetic isolation, all kinds of bizarre and toxic ideas can fester. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and exposing a bad idea to the critical glare of other minds provides at least a chance that it will wither and die.

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The facts are that the modern world of terrorism requires a long time to ensure particular cases are looked at properly,

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It is a year for modest economic growth and therefore modest earnings growth.

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I liked the prominent and nuance rhetoric on Catholic identity, including the ideas that reason can challenge a false and complacent notion of faith and that if we hired only Catholic we'd be less Catholic.

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