Jeremy Corbyn Quotes

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Jeremy Corbyn

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 26, 1949

Riding a bicycle is the summit of human endeavour - an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy.

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We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.

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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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Tony Benn and I were very close, very close friends for 30, 40 years. We talked to each other a great deal, and we were great friends. And I was with him shortly before he died, talking about prospects of the world and prospects for peace. And I'm very sad that he's gone.

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You grow your way to prosperity; you don't cut your way to it.

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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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A lot of people didn't feel attracted to Labour, so they voted in desperation for other things.

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The Spanish Civil War, Britain was not involved in it. Going back a bit, there was the naval blockade to stop the slave trade in the 19th century; that was morally just. Shame they didn't bother to abolish slavery at the same time.

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We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.

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Life is life. Some of the wisest people you meet are sweeping our streets.

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There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all.

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We live in a very unequal society.

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Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources.

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I find if you are in an office, the crisis finds you. If you're not in the office, the crisis finds somebody else.

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Basically, on the question of Europe, I want to see a social Europe, a cohesive Europe, a coherent Europe, not a free market Europe.

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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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I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.

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If there is 'right to buy' for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn't that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are decent, very caring people, but some of them are truly appalling.

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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 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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