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Quotes from Jeremy Corbyn

If every human rights atrocity is described as a Holocaust,[Adolf] Hitler's attempted obliteration of the Jewish people is diminished or de-recognised in our history.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
I've been proud to be the chair of the Stop the War coalition, proud to be associated with the Stop the War coalition.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
I want to see a more collective style in how our party operates, in politics as a whole.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
I would have set out very quickly the relationship with Europe.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Politically active people felt more and more disenfranchised, particularly during the ultra-New Labour years.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
I do think the public want to see politicians acting in a different way. What's brought young people into our campaign is that they were written off by political parties but they had never written off politics, and what we have is a huge number of young people, very enthusiastic and brimming with ideas. Those ideas have got to be heard.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
You should never be so high and mighty you can't listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
After only two or three weeks in office, we discovered we had a backlog of 100,000 emails sent to me. We had a backlog of a thousand invitations to speak at places all over the country - and all over the world, for that matter.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by impoverishing families and socially cleansing our communities.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Cycling is good for people in all ways: their health, their well-being, and it does no damage to the environment. It can, however, be dangerous, and this has to be addressed.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Russia has gone way beyond its legal powers to use bases in the Crimea.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
I think in English history a very interesting character is John Lilburne. Very interesting character because of the way he managed to develop the whole debate about the English civil war into something very different.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Heads and hearts are connected.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Legal aid is fundamentally important in a democratic, civilised society.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Let's defend the principle of a society that cares for everyone and everyone cares for everyone else.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Nuclear weapons are not a defence.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
The common good is the aspiration of all of us.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
We don't pass by on the other side.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
We need to be very careful. Democracy is the issue, and democracy ought to be the means by which we decide these issues, rather than secret negotiations resulting in a fait accompli being presented to us.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
I do not own a car, and my main form of travel to Westminster and in my constituency is by bicycle. I also take my bike on trains to meetings in other parts of the country, which enables me to see other cities and the other parts of the country.
~ Jeremy Corbyn