Damian Green

The British people have always been a practical breed.

— Damian Green

The immigration system itself must be quick, fair and efficient at coming to decisions.

— Damian Green

You cannot have excellent schools unless you have well-motivated heads and teachers.

— Damian Green

Too many of our children are being left behind, especially in our inner city schools.

— Damian Green

Money isn't always the measure of how valuable you are to our society.

— Damian Green

We were often rowdy tenants inside the European house. We can now become good neighbours.

— Damian Green

A one-size-fits-all approach just doesn't work when it comes to helping people back to work.

— Damian Green

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

— Damian Green

Funding care in the same way we fund pensions is the right approach for the Government to take, and the fairest way…

— Damian Green

Taking the left-right political spectrum, the public regards Tony Blair as being more or less dead centre and the Conservative party as…

— Damian Green

Governments are supposed to operate under a system of collective responsibility. It means that in public, all Ministers support the agreed policies…

— Damian Green

Around the world, including in the U.K., a version of Right-wing politics is growing that is based on dividing societies.

— Damian Green

She [Theresa May] has done more to bring immigration down and abolish things like bogus colleges.

— Damian Green

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

— Damian Green

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

— Damian Green

Very often the best chance for a child in an inner city to acquire an excellent start in education is the church…

— Damian Green

There are those who say that we can happily ignore the lies and menaces spread on social media, that what appears on…

— Damian Green

Few political debates have been as divisive as the European one. I fought as hard as I could on the Remain side,…

— Damian Green

The best slogan Conservatives have always used is 'One Nation.' You cannot have One Nation if British people who happen to have…

— Damian Green

At various stages, ID cards have been necessary to protect us from terrorism, illegal immigration, and benefit fraud. But former home secretaries,…

— Damian Green

One of the great advances of the modern world is that people live longer, and are healthy and active for more of…

— Damian Green

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…

— Damian Green

The Conservative party, like many others, is constantly grappling with issues of community cohesion and how you can express your core values…

— Damian Green

It is unBritish to start telling women what they can and can't wear. It would immediately create a group who want to…

— Damian Green

We want to see our politicians working together.

— Damian Green

The NHS needs the care system to work if it is to fulfil its own role.

— Damian Green

No British Prime Minister should be treated with barely concealed disrespect by our allies.

— Damian Green

Immigration has been a sensitive and sometimes toxic issue for more than half a century.

— Damian Green

When [Theresa May] says something she means it and she gets her way.

— Damian Green

To succeed, the Conservative Party must be at home in modern Britain.

— Damian Green

Good teachers can make great authors accessible to new generations anywhere.

— Damian Green

In a democracy, opposition politicians have a duty to hold the Government to account.

— Damian Green

Theresa May is normally at her best when she is at her boldest.

— Damian Green

If we don't like modern Britain, then it is very unlikely that modern Britain will like us.

— Damian Green

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

— Damian Green

The public needs to know that any Government has a sense of purpose.

— Damian Green

The Conservatives must never give the impression we exclude any group of British citizens.

— Damian Green

I proposed a Universal Care Entitlement, which would guarantee a decent level of care to all paid for out of tax.

— Damian Green

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

— Damian Green

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

— Damian Green