Top 32 Quotes & Sayings by Peter Mandelson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician Peter Mandelson.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson is a British Labour Party politician who served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010. He was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010. He is the president of international think tank Policy Network, honorary president of the Great Britain–China Centre, and chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. Mandelson is often referred to as a Blairite.

British - Politician | Born: October 21, 1953

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For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why.

Peter Mandelson

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.

Peter Mandelson

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

Peter Mandelson

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces France but is not controlled by France.

Peter Mandelson

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.

Peter Mandelson

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

Peter Mandelson

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.

Peter Mandelson

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.

Peter Mandelson

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

Peter Mandelson

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

Peter Mandelson

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

Peter Mandelson

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

Peter Mandelson

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years.

Peter Mandelson

I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.

Peter Mandelson

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.

Peter Mandelson

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.

Peter Mandelson

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

Peter Mandelson

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

Peter Mandelson

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.

Peter Mandelson

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

Peter Mandelson

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.

Peter Mandelson

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.

Peter Mandelson

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.

Peter Mandelson

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

Peter Mandelson

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

Peter Mandelson

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

Peter Mandelson

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

Peter Mandelson

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it.

Peter Mandelson

I didn't mislead people. I know I didn't lie and I have got to establish that.

Peter Mandelson

Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.