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“This, if not an act of war, was certainly a warlike act by the Russian Federation…”

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Speech in the House of Commons, 12 March 2018, regarding the Salisbury Novichok poisonings

“Fundamentally I think soldiering is pretty similar to politics. It’s not about you, it’s all about the people you serve with. It’s all about the results, it’s all about the operation, it’s all about the mission. The reason we’re here at all in politics is to serve the people.”

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Interview in The Times, 28 July 2018.

“We have a real choice: either we choose to shape events or we will be shaped by them. Over many centuries, the people of the United Kingdom have got into the habit of being actors in this world, rather than being acted upon by it.”

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Speech in the House of Commons, 6 September 2018.

“Leaders stand up for their men. They encourage them to try and defend them when they fail.”

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Said on Twitter https://twitter.com/TomTugendhat/status/1148919771741741062 about the failiure of Boris Johnson to defend Kim Darroch after a diplomatic cable leak. Quoted by the BBC: Sir Kim Darroch: UK ambassador to US resigns in Trump leaks row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48937120 (10 July 2019) on the BBC website. Retrieved 11 July 2019.