But I firmly believe that the quality of our public policy is directly related to the quality of our public debate.

CNN: Commentary: Don't let politics get personal

This constant feedback is occasionally agonizing when readers fail to materialize, but I firmly believe that this continual criticism is helping me become a more authentic writer and human being as well.

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My judgement is, however, that - others probably share the same views, but they have to speak for themselves - but I firmly believe that this is a time at which the country and the party and everyone else quite rightly expects us to work together at an international, national, party and inter-party level and, therefore, I fully expect that that will continue.

BBC: John Reid MP, Former Cabinet Minister

Perhaps this makes me a bit of an anachronism, but I still firmly believe that a presidential campaign is supposed to be a dialogue--or a battle--between the two campaigns and parties.

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But I believe that the balance is tilted firmly in favour of the greater use of computer technology, and that the benefits to come from it will help us all.

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