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Quotes from Gina Miller

MPs are paid to be representatives of their constituents. They have to do that job.
~ Gina Miller
All our elected representatives - and our government - have a responsibility to keep their people safe and well.
~ Gina Miller
So many red lines have been crossed that people seem to think it is acceptable for politicians and the media to actually incite hatred and violence.
~ Gina Miller
At 14 I had no choice but to live with my brother, on our own, without adults, with all the responsibilities, decisions and day-to-day practicalities of living independently. I had, though, the joy of earning my own money.
~ Gina Miller
My day job, running a fund management company, means I know that I and my team can't afford not to read every word of every document about assets or markets we propose to invest in, and to be absolutely clear we are complying with all the legal and regulatory requirements involved.
~ Gina Miller
The British are a people who are generally happy, under normal circumstances, to trust politicians to tell us the truth and to leave them to run the country as we get on with our lives. But we reserve the right, always, to make it clear that they are our servants, not our masters, and, when necessary, we can and will take charge.
~ Gina Miller
The closer we come to the Greek tragedy that is Brexit, the more horrifying it is to behold.
~ Gina Miller
I make no pretence at being well-versed in politics - it is all too often about personalities and emotion - but I do know a thing or two about our constitution, as I once trained to be a lawyer. Even a first-year law student learns that an overriding principle is that parliament is sovereign.
~ Gina Miller
I don't think one moment that we should sink to the levels of the Brexiters - the dodgy money, the electoral lawbreaking and the lying - but I do wonder if those of us who remain deeply concerned about the consequences of Brexit are really landing all the blows that we can.
~ Gina Miller
The problem with article 50 of the Lisbon treaty is that it is not substantive in its content or conditions, and only concerns itself with procedural requirements.
~ Gina Miller
When we're anxious we tend to shrink into a defeatist position, curving our shoulders or backs. Learning to stand straight, take a breath and speak slowly helps to project a sense of confidence, relieving some of that anxiety.
~ Gina Miller
I never doubted that our parliamentarians would vote to trigger article 50 but I expected a detailed, pragmatic debate around the options of how to execute Brexit and the processes involved.
~ Gina Miller
My father was a socialist, so we had some of the most extraordinary people at home.
~ Gina Miller
In more stable political times, a low turnout in the E.U. elections was a luxury we could afford.
~ Gina Miller
I come from South America and it's part of our culture to speak out. It's a lot healthier.
~ Gina Miller
Parliament alone is sovereign.
~ Gina Miller
If the court case I brought against the government over article 50 was about anything at all, it was about parliamentary sovereignty.
~ Gina Miller
I fought for MPs to have the right to vote on article 50 not because I was against Brexit, but because I was, and remain passionately, an advocate of parliamentary sovereignty.
~ Gina Miller
Our laws are ultimately all that protect us from tyranny, and before them we are all equal - prime ministers and private citizens alike.
~ Gina Miller
In uncertain times, it is of heightened importance that our elected representatives exercise their democratic duty and use all levers at parliament's disposal to ensure a fair balance of powers.
~ Gina Miller
So much of the agenda behind Brexit has been murky.
~ Gina Miller
What a travesty it is that the high priests of Leave in 2016, who insisted to all of us that Brexit would mean a return to parliamentary sovereignty, are undermining and circumventing parliamentary sovereignty in order to deliver their hard Brexit.
~ Gina Miller
In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.
~ Gina Miller
I tend to stand up and speak up when I see something dysfunctional happening.
~ Gina Miller