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> [Efficiency, connectivity and productivity are all economic buzzwords that people have said high-speed rail will deliver. But at the heart of it what high-speed rail will deliver is growth and jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/efficiency-connectivity-and-productivity-are-all-economic-buzzwords/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis-593_efficiency_efficiency-connectivity-and-productivity_695843.jpg)

> [International examples prove that high-speed rail pays for itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/international-examples-prove-that-high-speed-rail-pays-for-itself/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

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## Other authors on High speed

- [Mehmet Murat Ildan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/high-speed/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

## More by Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

> [I'm clear that new schools should only go in areas where there is a need for places. I'm equally clear that we need those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/i-m-clear-that-new-schools-should-only-go-in-areas-where-there-is-a/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [Brexit has always been an impossible project, except at the price of massive self-harm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/brexit-has-always-been-an-impossible-project-except-at-the-price-of/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [Brexit is not, thankfully, a question of war. But, like Iraq, Brexit is an act of unprovoked self-harm and a massive strategic mistake that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/brexit-is-not-thankfully-a-question-of-war-but-like-iraq-brexit-is-an/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [Teach First is uniquely placed to help universities broaden the social background of their student intake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/teach-first-is-uniquely-placed-to-help-universities-broaden-the/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [Good government has essentially broken down in the face of Brexit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/good-government-has-essentially-broken-down-in-the-face-of-brexit/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [Britain's railways don't need to be wholly nationalised and they don't need to be operated solely by private companies. Both of these myopias harm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/britain-s-railways-don-t-need-to-be-wholly-nationalised-and-they-don/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [The motorway network helps bind Britain together. It remains an extraordinary achievement, making a huge contribution to our economy and our way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/the-motorway-network-helps-bind-britain-together-it-remains-an/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [It is clear to me that when London has expanded successfully in the past, there has always been a plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/it-is-clear-to-me-that-when-london-has-expanded-successfully-in-the/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [I thought I'd left politics when Labour lost the 2010 election and I went off and ran a thinktank for two years and founded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/i-thought-i-d-left-politics-when-labour-lost-the-2010-election-and-i/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [The partial exception to our London-centric state institutions is the monarchy, which has always had peripatetic tendencies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/the-partial-exception-to-our-london-centric-state-institutions-is-the/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [I'm prepared to argue with some of my Labour colleagues about doing what it takes to see that every school has the governance needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/i-m-prepared-to-argue-with-some-of-my-labour-colleagues-about-doing/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [By managing the speed of traffic and opening the hard shoulder as a new running lane in times of congestion, the M42 pilot showed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/by-managing-the-speed-of-traffic-and-opening-the-hard-shoulder-as-a/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [The SDP's founder, Roy Jenkins, was my hero and later mentor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/the-sdp-s-founder-roy-jenkins-was-my-hero-and-later-mentor/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [We shouldn't leave the E.U. until we have trade protection at least as good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/we-shouldn-t-leave-the-e-u-until-we-have-trade-protection-at-least-as/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

> [Until the late 1950s Britain's leaders were slow to appreciate the social and economic value of motorways. The first stretch of German Autobahn had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/until-the-late-1950s-britain-s-leaders-were-slow-to-appreciate-the/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

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