Chris Grayling Quotes

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Chris Grayling

Profession : Politician

Birth : April 1, 1962

Police on the street need the discretion to deal quickly and easily with routine misdemeanours which need to be recorded but need not take up court time - and where there is no doubt about guilt.

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During the late 1940s, Europe was a pretty bleak place.

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It was in that uncertain world that the European Convention on Human Rights was shaped. Written by Conservatives, it set out the principles which should lie behind a modern democratic state, where human rights were respected.

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It's not good enough to announce 'I know my rights' if you aren't prepared to accept that you have responsibilities to society and your fellow citizens as well. And if people don't live up to those responsibilities to our society, they will not be able to hide behind their rights.

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The SNP talks a lot - but they have proved that they cannot deliver.

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Scotland is a great country. It's integral to the U.K.

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The trouble with the SNP is they want power without responsibility. They do not want to take difficult decisions.

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Good health and safety really matters - we need to protect people against death and serious injury in the workplace.

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I want to be the Tough Justice Secretary.

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I'm very mindful of the need to ensure we have a criminal justice system in which people have confidence.

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The railways should be run in the best interest of passengers and, overall, taxpayer's money should be spent improving the network, not subsiding it.

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Unlike Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, I am not ideologically obsessed with the structure of our rail network; for me it is a matter of practicality.

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Travel costs should not be a barrier to opportunity for our young people.

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It is free enterprise and the determination to succeed which generates opportunity and wealth for our society, and in doing so provides the money we need to deliver the high quality public services that we all want.

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If you stop investing in a modern road system to give an unaffordable electoral bung to new voters, then the investors who could create great jobs for them will be doing so for the younger generation in another country instead.

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An economic strategy built around hiking taxes for business means one thing: fewer jobs.

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Visit any of the fastest growing parts of the world and you will find investment in infrastructure.

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Britain has always been a nation with a strong global focus. We have influenced change and built strong ties all round the world.

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We need to be self-confident, ambitious, and relentlessly internationalist in our outlook.

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