Role of the State Pt. 3

The society which will not only prosper but flourish in these islands in the 21st century will be one which draws strength from these values side by side: liberty for all responsibility by all, fairness to all.
And there is no more appropriate forum for this debate than The Guardian, and the Scott Trust with which Hugo Young as a Director was so long associated - a newspaper and a Trust that has over the years been a voice for liberty, for a strong civic society, for fairness, and for internationalism.
And today and later I want to show how a long term reform agenda for the renewal of our country - the reform and modernisation of institutions and policies - flows from these tested and enduring values.

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