"A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections."

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On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically, New Labour was very nervous about regulating business, or requiring it to do anything, even when there was a very clear social or environmental case for doing so.

— Geoff Mulgan