Jeremy Corbyn Quotes
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I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.
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I want to see a more collective style in how our party operates, in politics as a whole.
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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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We are all in the Labour party because we want the Labour party to be a vehicle for social change. There is a thirst for debate in the party, and all those who have joined haven't joined without a purpose.
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There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.
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I have dealt with a pretty interesting mix of young people, many of whom have never been involved in any form of politics at any level who are interested in alternatives to austerity and debt, and older people who left the Labour party, mainly over Iraq, who are coming back in.
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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 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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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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If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce.
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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 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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Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with.
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I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.
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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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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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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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NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.
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Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.
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We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.
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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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You grow your way to prosperity; you don't cut your way to it.
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Loyalty is about the party and the movement... if you want a better and more effective party, we've got to open ourselves up much more to our membership and our supporters.
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I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.