Jeremy Corbyn Quotes
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I do not own a car, and my main form of travel to Westminster and in my constituency is by bicycle. I also take my bike on trains to meetings in other parts of the country, which enables me to see other cities and the other parts of the country.
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We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.
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In calling for the dismantling of Soviet stocks of chemical weapons, what action will the Minister take towards countries such as Iraq which have used chemical weapons in the recent past? Will he ensure that the maximum possible sanctions are taken against them to show our abhorrence of all chemical weapons wherever they are and by whomsoever they are used?
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We are developing a media policy which would be about breaking up single ownership of too many sources of information so that we have a multiplicity of sources.
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Cycling is good for people in all ways: their health, their well-being, and it does no damage to the environment. It can, however, be dangerous, and this has to be addressed.
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I've got lots of stamina; don't worry about that. I cycle every day - it's OK.
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If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce.
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There are some people who have had no pay rises for a very long time, and, working in highly skilled and highly responsible roles and in the health services and education, they deserve to be properly remunerated.
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Every penny paid to a PFI company is money withdrawn from those waiting for an operation, money removed from the training of clinicians, and money denied for life-saving treatments.
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If you do what you believe in, you’re strong. It’s when you don’t do what you believe in that you’re weak. And we are strong.
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I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.
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I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.
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I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion.
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We've got to stand up for what we believe in as a labour movement. And that means the party's membership needs to be even bigger so it becomes a genuinely mass organisation.
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Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership.
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Because I've never had any higher education of any sort, I've never held in awe those who have had it or have a sense of superiority over those who don't.
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I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.
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I do think the public want to see politicians acting in a different way. What's brought young people into our campaign is that they were written off by political parties but they had never written off politics, and what we have is a huge number of young people, very enthusiastic and brimming with ideas. Those ideas have got to be heard.
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A more productive economy in the long term will bring us higher tax revenues, but that requires long-term investment in infrastructure and the skills necessary to grow a balanced economy.
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Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with.
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We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.
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Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.
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NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.
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You grow your way to prosperity; you don't cut your way to it.