Corbyn Quotes

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I'm carrying on. I'm making the case for unity, I'm making the case of what Labour can offer to Britain, of decent housing for people, of good secure jobs for people, of trade with Europe and of course with other parts of the world. Because if we don't get the trade issue right we've got a real problem in this country. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Local authorities face huge housing issues with demands outstripping supply many times over; the only way those in housing need can be housed is in the private sector. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

The comments by the Leader of the Labour Party [Jeremy Corbyn] at the launch, however they were intended, are themselves offensive, and rather than rebuilding trust among the Jewish community, are likely to cause even greater concern. ~ Ephraim Mirvis

A national investment bank can invest to provide us with the foundations of shared and ecologically sustainable growth: renewing the U.K.'s energy, digital and transport infrastructure which lags woefully behind other major economies. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

Other human rights atrocities from African slavery to the killing fields of Cambodia, the Armenian and Rwandan Genocides are all of course to be remembered, but diluting their particularity or comparing degrees of evil does no good. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Simon's relationship with Meg was too complex for anything as simple as sex. ~ Anne Bishop

I want everyone to put their views forward, every union branch, every party branch, so we develop organically the strengths we all have, the imagination we all have. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn's words imply a serious lack of moral judgement. Just as all Muslims are not to blame for ISIS, not all Brits are to blame for [Jeremy] Corbyn. ~ Tzipi Livni

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

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

United we stand, divided we fall is one of the oldest and truest slogans of the Labour movement. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu Government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

When legal aid was first introduced in 1949, the late Arthur Skeffington said that the law at that time was like The Ritz, in that those who could afford to pay had access to it, while those who could not did not. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I still have the Triumph Palm Beach I was given for Christmas when I was 11. By today's standards, it is heavy and slow, but was my pride and joy at the time. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

We live in a very unequal society. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

Jeremy Corbyns actions have led a significant percentage of his followers to believe that his words serve a higher purpose than the complete religious or social indoctrination of the British people. He deliberately disregards the historical fact that multiculturalism only works when both parties are willing to find a compromise they can live with. When multiculturalism becomes a matter of sacrificing your way of life to accommodate mass migration, it paves the way to genocide. ~ Anita B. Sulser PhD

I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Labour voters are crying out for effective leadership.I'm afraid I don't think Jeremy [Corbyn]can provide it. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other. ~ Piers Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn had shown a catastrophic failure of leadership and must step down to make way for someone with the backbone to confront racism and anti-Semitism. ~ Ruth Smeeth

I don't make personal abuse against anybody, I don't mind personal remarks. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I think if Jeremy Corbyn got a cloak, he'd make a very good Gandalf. ~ Henry Miller

I haven't had vast amounts of ministerial experience - in fact, none at all. But I do have a lot of experience of people. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Of course I want to lead [Tory] party. Of course I want to lead this party in order to put forward an alternative and lead this party to win the election as soon as it comes. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Letting agencies are unregulated. They charge a search fee, which in some cases can run into several hundred pounds, but the search consists of no more than checking through a computer database to see whether they have any properties for that person. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Do any of them realize that Simon Wolfgard is falling in love with Meg Corbyn? Monty wondered. Does Wolfgard understand his own response to the girl? What about Meg? How does she feel? What would the rest of the Others do if one of their kind did fall in love with a human? ~ Anne Bishop

Margaret [Hodge] is obviously entitled to do what she wishes to do. I would ask her to think for a moment, a Tory prime minister resigned, Britain's voted to leave the European Union, there are massive political issues to be addressed, is it really a good idea to start a big debate in the Labour Party when I was elected less than a year ago with a very large mandate not from MPs, I fully concede and understand that, but from the party members as a whole. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I don't get involved in personal abuse. I'm not reducing myself to that level. If people don't like what I wear, don't like what I look like, or whatever, that's their problem, not mine. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

There are some people who have had no pay rises for a very long time, and, working in highly skilled and highly responsible roles and in the health services and education, they deserve to be properly remunerated. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today's vote on Brexit has no constitutional legitimacy. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

If you want a more productive economy, you need to invest in the skills of our workforce. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I've been proud to be the chair of the Stop the War coalition, proud to be associated with the Stop the War coalition. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

I gained a first class degree in Physics at Imperial College London in 1968 and did research in solid state physics, but did not pursue meteorology matters until gaining an M.Sc. in astrophysics from Queen Mary College London in 1981, after which I investigated and attempted to construct theories of solar activity. ~ Piers Corbyn

What kind of city are we living in, if we encourage the development or ownership of large, expensive properties for investment and land banking ... while people are sleeping on the streets? ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

There is nothing wrong with my heart except for wanting a peaceful world. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I think there's good in everybody. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I've supported Jeremy Corbyn all the way along because I think that was the right thing to do. I've reluctantly reached the conclusion that his position is untenable. ~ Ed Miliband

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

The idea that somehow or other you can deal with all the problems in the world by banning a particular religious group from entering the U.S.A. is offensive and absurd. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Polar bears did very well in the warmer times. They didn't die out at all; they didn't die out in the last 10,000 years, nor during the previous interglacial, nor the one before that. So, they're just used as a deceitful heartthrob; you know, to pluck your heartstrings because the polar bears might die out. ~ Piers Corbyn

It's not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it's the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up. ~ Piers Corbyn

Labour Party members must all be free to criticise and oppose injustice and abuse wherever we find it. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

If someone walked along any high street anywhere in London, and probably anywhere in the country, and looked into a letting agency, they would see a sign saying, 'No benefits here.' In other words, anyone in receipt of a state benefit is not allowed to apply for a private rented flat from that agent. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I will continue - as Labour Leader - to pursue the causes of peace and justice in Israel-Palestine, the wider Middle East and all over the world. But those who claim to do so with hateful or inflammatory language do no service to anyone, especially dispossessed and oppressed people in need of better advocacy. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I believe in public ownership, but I have never favoured the remote nationalised model of the postwar era. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers' rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

The problem we are faced with is that the meteorological establishment and the global warming lobby research bodies which receive large funding are now apparently so corrupted by the largesse they receive that the scientists in them have sold their integrity. ~ Piers Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

Legal aid ... is fundamental to giving everybody in this country access to justice. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

I think NATO is a Cold War product. I think NATO historically should have shut up shop in 1990 along with the Warsaw Pact; unfortunately, it didn't. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

We are now at risk of having a zombie democracy roaming around a one-party state. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Labour has the responsibility to give a lead where the government will not. We need to bring people together, hold the government to account, oppose austerity and set out a path to exit that will protect jobs and incomes. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

Russia has gone way beyond its legal powers to use bases in the Crimea. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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

Of course we as Labour Party members must all be free to criticise and oppose injustice and abuse wherever we find it. But as today's Report recommends, can we please leave [Adolf] Hitler and Nazi metaphors alone (especially in the context of Israel). Why? Because the Shoah is still in people's family experience. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

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. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

We have to keep up the fight for evidence-based science and policy. ~ Piers Corbyn

Many people in my constituency come to see me absolutely distraught at the prospect of losing their private rented flat because of the imposition of a housing benefit cut. Social cleansing is going on in all of central London because of the benefit cap. That is a disgraceful situation. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

I think the issue will come up after the election of the new Tory leader. They may well decide to call an election. What the British people need now is stability. Stability to retain their jobs, stability to protect those working conditions, and we need a plan from this government now on how they're going to approach the negotiations for leaving the European Union before they invoke Article 50. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Until today I had made no public comment about Jeremy's [Corbyn] ability to lead our party, but the fact that he failed to intervene is final proof for me that he is unfit to lead, and that a Labour Party under his stewardship cannot be a safe space for British Jews. ~ Ruth Smeeth

The key thing to understand is that solar activity causes shifts in the jet stream with consequent changes in weather patterns and triggers processes that lead to storm formation. ~ Piers Corbyn