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Caroline Lucas

(1960) Politician

103 quotes in 366 categories

Caroline Lucas talks about how big problems need big action, not tiny cuts. She asks us to picture the kind of world we want after a pandemic and argues that protecting health, the planet, and future leaders is more important than saving money. She also points out that caring for others feels natural to people.

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Caroline Lucas is a politician, best known for Extraordinary Blessings of an Ordinary Day.

Quick Facts About Caroline Lucas

Born: December 9, 1960
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Extraordinary Blessings of an Ordinary Day
Spouse: John Fisher

About Caroline Lucas

Caroline Lucas is a British politician who led the Green Party of England and Wales from 2003 to 2006, 2007 to 2012 and 2016 to 2018. She served as Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion from 2010 until 2024, becoming the Green Party’s first MP and its only MP until the 2024 general election.

Quotes by Caroline Lucas

Violence against women is not inevitable.

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I did try being a vegan.

Being

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We live in a country of grotesque inequalities.

Country

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Renewable energy is not unaffordable as the fossil fuel giants would like us to believe.

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I think there is a role for non-violent direct action when democratic channels have failed.

Action

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Being an MP for a place you love is an extraordinary gift.

Being

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The point about Roosevelt's New Deal was that it was visionary - for the 1930s.

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We need to block dirty diesels getting public money - no question there.

Climate

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Sometimes it takes a sudden change to make you realise just how bad things were.

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My constituents are my employers - if I let them down I should be accountable to them.

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The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.

Goodness

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Britain is a parliamentary democracy. Power rests in Parliament, in the House of Commons, and the government - the executive - has…

Democracy

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I stand alongside everyone campaigning for better pay and conditions - they are paving the way for a fairer society.

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When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action.

Action

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The Government needs to recognise that we live on a planet with finite resources - and start measuring our progress as a…

Government

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The models that the other parties have used where you have a very powerful leader squashing any kind of independent ideas from…

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A government can't cut its way out of a recession any more than you can dig yourself out of a hole.

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Everything from the infrastructure we build to the products we use must now be aimed squarely at building a zero-carbon world.

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Our economy is failing far too many - forcing parents to use foodbanks to feed their children, demonising migrants and condemning all…

Children

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I think the Greens are posing some of the most important questions of our time, for example how we live sustainably on…

Environmental

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Britain was once notorious as the 'dirty man of Europe' with polluted air, raw sewage pumped into the sea and protected sites…

Britain

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Advanced industrialised economies like ourselves cannot afford to go on growing, particularly if we want to give people in poorer countries a…

Basic needs

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Politicians can either keep listening to a small number of polluting fossil fuel companies, who're keen to profit from keeping us hooked…

Business

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Banks and investors have poured money into dirty energy and high-carbon for decades. While no single policy is a magic bullet for…

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With pollution from traffic a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, we should be building a transport and planning system that makes…

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The billions being spent on Trident replacement would be much better spent on investing in developing the infrastructure we need for a…

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What does the public want? It wants a vested interest in its own energy provision - driving more efficient behaviour. It wants…

Choice

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Actions speak louder than Climate Emergency declarations.

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On many issues, Jeremy Corbyn and I are in agreement.

Agreement

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Petra Kelly is my inspiration, one of the founders of the German Greens.

German

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We cannot afford to burn the vast majority of known fossil fuel reserves.

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I don't think politics just happens in Parliament. It happens on the streets and in classrooms.

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Once upon a time the Conservative party was a broad church which embraced a range of views.

Church

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I'm a great believer in needing things that give us some hope.

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I come from a very conventional and non-political background.

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The response to coronavirus has shown what can be done when governments put their mind to it.

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It's going to take everyone to rebuild a fairer, more sustainable, more beautiful Britain.

Beautiful

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I joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the 1980s and protested at Greenham Common.

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My parents are not people who would want to rock the boat. They wouldn't break the law.

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I've always been a bit ambitious, but I do think the Green Party is the real opposition.

Ambitious

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Caroline Lucas by topic

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