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title: "1 Society Work Quotes By Chuka Umunna"
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> [Work is the way we contribute to society, part of a reciprocal social contract - the giving of our effort and our taking when in need - that holds our society together. We work, we build our society, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/work-is-the-way-we-contribute-to-society-part-of-a-reciprocal-social/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

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## More by Chuka Umunna

> [My father, when he arrived in this country found it difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/my-father-when-he-arrived-in-this-country-found-it-difficult/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [I think the first person to call me 'Britain's Obama' was Martin Bright at the New Statesman. Harriet Harman made the comparison once at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/i-think-the-first-person-to-call-me-britain-s-obama-was-martin-bright/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [The reason I have been so outspoken on antisemitism is that racism is racism - and my family have been victims of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/the-reason-i-have-been-so-outspoken-on-antisemitism-is-that-racism-is/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [Requiring fund managers to disclose how they vote would increase accountability and mean that pensioners and ordinary investors would more easily be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/requiring-fund-managers-to-disclose-how-they-vote-would-increase/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [Whether it is clamping down on tax avoidance by multinationals, setting ambitious targets for tackling climate change, or reforming the posted workers' directive to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/whether-it-is-clamping-down-on-tax-avoidance-by-multinationals/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [Leaving the single market, making communities poorer and more alienated, is not the way to deal with public concerns about immigration, most of which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/leaving-the-single-market-making-communities-poorer-and-more/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [We do not just strive for a society in which every person has the opportunity to reach their full potential (all parties lay claim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/we-do-not-just-strive-for-a-society-in-which-every-person-has-the/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [Being outside the customs union would mean masses of new red tape, a desperate scramble for trade agreements and the re-emergence of a border…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/being-outside-the-customs-union-would-mean-masses-of-new-red-tape-a/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [I have a confession to make: I am a Labour parliamentary candidate but like and get on with some of the Conservative persuasion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/i-have-a-confession-to-make-i-am-a-labour-parliamentary-candidate-but/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [Sometimes it requires national impetus to deliver real change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/sometimes-it-requires-national-impetus-to-deliver-real-change/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [My stock answer when people ask 'Are you Britain's Barack Obama?' is 'I'm quite happy being Streatham's Chuka Umunna,' and I really mean that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/my-stock-answer-when-people-ask-are-you-britain-s-barack-obama-is-i-m/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [If truth be told, certainly culturally, I never felt totally comfortable in the Labour party, because I've never really been a massively tribal politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/if-truth-be-told-certainly-culturally-i-never-felt-totally/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [Ignoring prostate cancer won't beat it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/ignoring-prostate-cancer-won-t-beat-it/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [One way to promote shareholder engagement and activism is through greater accountability and transparency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/one-way-to-promote-shareholder-engagement-and-activism-is-through/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

> [Look, I like my music, and I don't have a conventional background for a politician, but I'm pretty conventional in many senses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuka-umunna/look-i-like-my-music-and-i-don-t-have-a-conventional-background-for-a/)

[Chuka Umunna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuka-umunna/)

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