All David Blunkett Quotes
- Speaking for the nation as a whole entails understanding and feeling the pain, as well as understanding the aspiration of the different cultural, social and… Aspiration
- Balancing the common good with the freedom and liberty to exercise that individuality has been and remains a challenge for those committed to democracy while… Balancing
- The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the driving force for… Capital
- Faith in technocrats over politicians is not a trend from which Britain is exempt. Britain
- We need to reaffirm that politics is not merely compatible with economic progress and development in the 21st century, but essential to it. Century
- By confirming the importance of politics and politicians in Britain, we can build from the bottom up and begin to reverse the worrying anti-politics trend,… Anti
- It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena… Arena
- I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications. Affected
- The Home Office culture was one of being just above the problem, of hovering just out of reach of knowing what was going on on… Crime
- Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process. Best
- In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of… Acceptable
- Human nature is you get carried away, so we have to protect ourselves from ourselves. Carried
- I have made mistakes in the past, but when I have, I have always said so. Always Said
- My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just think it is… Been
- I should have been a Trappist monk. Been
- There are some really good experiments with the youth offending service, joining up youth offending teams with the youth justice board, and good local authority… Authority
- Nothing is more important for young people than enhancing their life chances, liberating their potential and encouraging their contribution to a globally competitive and modern… Chances
- We need to build on what we know works - local oversight of schools to keep a check on performance, timely interventions in schools to… Build
- With the commissioning of new schools undertaken by a local director of school standards, decisions will be fair and transparent, rooted in the needs of… Admission
- As education and employment secretary in 1997, I inherited hundreds of schools where the roofs leaked, the windows rattled, and they relied entirely on outside… Education
- We have a media that presents every politician as being as bad as the next. There is no distinguishing between one good idea or another;… Bad
- Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, in hosting the G20 summit and in the budget, must display the same boldness in tackling the instability at home… Alistair
- Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance. Citizenry
- Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend. The national mental… Adult
- It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development. Community