David Blunkett Quotes

The Labour party is not perfect but I have seen in my own life how it is the greatest vehicle for positive hopeful social change.

The Democratic party is one that I've always observed. I have struggled greatly in life from the day I was born, and I am honored to be a part of something that focuses on working class citizens and molds them into a proud specimen.

Are you ready to fight for good jobs and and a solid level playing field? Are you ready to prove to another generation of Americans that we can build a better country and a newer world? Joe Biden is ready. Barack Obama is ready. I am ready. You're ready.

I believe we can make progress on bringing true equality and fairness back to our government if we continue to work together and make our voices heard.

Everybody in the working class is important, whether you're black or white and that's what I want them to feel and know from Our Revolution.

Labour is the party for the many.

Most of all, we should remember all of us are capable of individually helping advance the spirit of equality for all.

Leftism should be about the people. That's how it began.

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.

Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.

I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive politics and the beneficial role of government, rather than a detriment.

How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation?

If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.

I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community. A party which reflects our diverse nation.

I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity.

Solidarity is the basis of my politics.

If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice.

We in the Labour party owe it to the people we represent to make sure that we offer a choice at the next election between our Labour values and those of the Conservatives.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.