140 Quotes by John Reid

It is a process that could start within the next 12 months,

It is a relatively small number of people who want to impose their will by the use of terror on the rest of civilization, who have got a program. It's not blind violence. It's with a purpose. They want to destroy the state of Israel. They want every westerner out of the Arab countries, Middle East and elsewhere.

It is a matter of political practicality. In the course of the next four years this decision will take place. It will inevitably be more public than such decisions in the past,

Opening ourselves up to a far greater degree of competition in Europe will ensure in the long run a far more efficient industry, which in turn means far more value for money.

replace it with a new military-style unit capable of maintaining law and order.

Parties -- and the paramilitary groups -- have to play their part

Terrorists love a vacuum. I know that from my own experience in Northern Ireland. And it's the same throughout the world.

My thoughts are with his family and friends.

My thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of the soldier tragically killed today in Mazar-e-Sharif.