Damian Green Quotes

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Damian Green

Profession : Politician

Birth : January 17, 1956

Neither Left nor Right has a monopoly of virtue when it comes to smearing opponents.

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I now take security precautions at my office and at home, which were simply not necessary when I first became an MP.

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There are those who say that we can happily ignore the lies and menaces spread on social media, that what appears on screen really doesn't matter, that anything goes on the web, and so on. But such people have their heads in the sand.

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It is a sad law of politics that just because a problem exists, it doesn't mean a solution exists.

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People who have reached France or other prosperous western democracies are still desperate to come to the U.K. Because we live here too, we don't want that desirability to change. So let's have an asylum system that can cope.

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It is not the job of government to collect and store vast amounts of biographical and biometric data belonging to innocent people.

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People do not want the state keeping information on its citizens for some ill-defined and unproven benefit.

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It is imperative the government is held accountable to the people it represents and does not abuse its position in key areas of personal freedom and liberty.

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The ID card was launched with fantastic claims about supposed benefits. In truth, it represented the worst of government.

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The first duty of government is to ensure its citizens are protected, but ID cards could never have done that. They would have been a distraction from the real work that needs to be done in countering terrorism, illegal immigration or benefit fraud.

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Almost every byelection is described by breathless commentators as the most important since Norwich/Hillhead/Orpington, but there is no requirement for political parties to overreact as well.

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We Conservatives need to be practical and consistent, not to over-promise. This makes byelections more difficult, but general elections winnable.

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The way to convince people not to vote for Ukip is to make a positive case for voting Conservative.

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Conservatives fight every seat in Great Britain because we are a national party and believe in giving every voter the chance to vote Conservative.

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The task for governments across Europe is to take a practical approach that can meet our humanitarian obligations in both the short and long term.

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The generosity of spirit that is usually shown by advanced democracies disappears when the public feel two things: that their government is not in control of the situation, and that their daily lives are being severely disrupted by the consequences of this lack of control.

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I talk to teachers all the time. They tell me why they joined the profession. How they believed that they could inspire the children they taught. And I have seen lessons that really inspire me.

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I have a unique ambition for a politician. I am the first aspiring education secretary to want less power not more.

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Council house sales defined the new freedoms that transformed this country in the 1980s.

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Labour politicians ask 'Why do so few children from poor backgrounds go to university?' Well, I'll tell them. It's because they don't go to schools that let their talents and intelligence and energy flow. Give them the right schools, with discipline and order and a love of learning, and they will have a chance of real academic achievement.

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