Alistair Darling Quotes & Sayings

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy. — Alistair Darling

The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could. — Alistair Darling

Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery. — Alistair Darling

The economic times we are facing ... are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years. And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought. — Alistair Darling

We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity. — Alistair Darling

On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years. — Alistair Darling

The Bank [of Scotland] had tried to sell itself to a company run by TV evangelist Pat Robertson. That deal fell through, perhaps because it transpired that Mr Robertson believed that Scotland was 'a dark land' where 'homosexuals ruled the roost'. — Alistair Darling

We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country. — Alistair Darling

As I said, there are two approaches-first, a strong economy, stability and helping families or, secondly, the Tory cuts, the undermining of stability, and a return to the boom and bust of the 1990s. — Alistair Darling

The key thing that went wrong was that a culture was allowed to develop where the relationship between what people did and what they got went way out of alignment, especially at the top end. — Alistair Darling

Tory plans to cut 'further and faster' would wreck recovery and roll back Labour's many successes. — Alistair Darling

The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death. — Alistair Darling