Top 66 Jeremy Corbyn Quotes

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.

The Zocalo is a magnificent space, at least four times the size of Trafalagar Square, with the National Palace on one side, the huge cathedral on the other, and in one corner part of the old Aztec City so brutally destroyed by Hernan Cortez and the Conquistadores.

It is the right of a democratically elected parliament to act in defence of our traditional liberties, and everything should be done to keep it that way.

It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country.

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.

In my own constituency, the benefit cap has had the effect of social cleansing: of people receiving benefit, but the benefit is capped; therefore, they can’t meet the rent levels charged and are forced to move. It’s devastating for children, devastating for the family and very bad for the community as a whole.

You can’t sustain a high level of intense activity with thousands of people forever. It has to be for a specific objective.

I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.

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

I haven’t had vast amounts of ministerial experience – in fact, none at all. But I do have a lot of experience of people.

Quite simply, I maintained contact with Sinn Fein and believed that there had to be a political, not a military, solution to the situation in Northern Ireland.

Parliament is supposed to be serious. It’s not a place for jingoistic cheering.

I’m just a very normal person, living in north London, doing my best for my area and to put forward some serious debate on issues in the party.

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.

It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.

We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities.

I think there’s good in everybody.

I want a world of peace. I’m not interested in bombs. I’m not interested in wars. I’m interested in peace.

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

Trade unions are a force for good – a force for a more equal society.

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.

For the absolute avoidance of doubt, my leadership will be about unity, drawing on all the talents – with women representing half of the shadow cabinet – and working together at every level of the party.

My view is the questions in Parliament should be the questions that people out there want asked.

Our problem in the 2015 general election was that for all the good stuff that was in the Labour manifesto, we were still going to be freezing public sector wages, cutting council expenditure, laying off civil servants. We were offering ‘austerity light’ instead of a real alternative.

I’m interested in the idea that we have a more inclusive, clearer set of objectives. I would want us to have a set of objectives which does include public ownership of some necessary things such as rail.

There is a democratic process in the party, and that can be operated at any time. But am I going to resign? No. Of course not. No. No. I will carry on.

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

After only two or three weeks in office, we discovered we had a backlog of 100,000 emails sent to me. We had a backlog of a thousand invitations to speak at places all over the country – and all over the world, for that matter.

I’ve got lots of stamina; don’t worry about that. I cycle every day – it’s OK.

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.

If the leadership can’t win a debate, then we should show true leadership and implement the democratic will of our party.

I’m very proud of the fact that I voted against the Iraq war. And proud that I voted strongly not for students to be saddled with thousands and thousands of pounds worth of debt.

It is opposition to economic orthodoxy that leads us into austerity and cuts. But it is also a thirst for something more communal, more participative. That, to me, is what is interesting in this process.

Mum and Dad met campaigning on the Spanish civil war. Both were active peace campaigners. They died in 1986 and ’87.

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

Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society. We do not want the whole media owned by one person.

Everybody aspires to an affordable home, a secure job, better living standards, reliable healthcare and a decent pension. My generation took those things for granted, and so should future generations.

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.

I’ve been quite involved in a lot of U.N. operations over the years. I was a U.N. observer at the East Timor referendum in 2000. I’ve been very involved in that for a long time.

There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.

I am just an ordinary person trying to do an ordinary job.

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.

I have already said and will continue to say that I won’t respond to personal abuse, and I never make any personal abuse, ever, to anybody. I just don’t do that kind of politics.

I think in English history a very interesting character is John Lilburne. Very interesting character because of the way he managed to develop the whole debate about the English civil war into something very different.

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

The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of the Labour Party.

I’m not joining in personal attacks… I don’t do personal attacks.

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

I make mistakes like anybody else, I will make mistakes. And you have to reflect on it, and you have to listen to people. That is the key.

Some colleagues have said they would not be very keen on working with me, but I am sure these things were said in the heat of the moment.

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.

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

I have always worked long hours and very hard. It is the way I am. Same as always. Up about seven and get to bed about 12 to 1, something like that.

Lopez Obrador invokes the appeal of national unity, the revolution of 1910, and the progressive constitution of 1917.

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.

I am a proud trade unionist.

Taken slightly historically, the turning point in the E.U. was actually the Single European Act, the Thatcher/Maastricht-era stuff, which was turning the E.U. into very much a market system.

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.

I’m quite concerned that if I spend time in the office, someone will always find something for you to do. There’s always a crisis that needs your urgent attention.

What I find appalling is the intrusive nature towards my extended family.

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

I think we should talk about what the objectives of the party are, whether that’s restoring the Clause Four as it was originally written or it’s a different one, but I think we shouldn’t shy away from public participation, public investment in industry, and public control of the railways.