100 Quotes by David Lammy

A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers.

Mum worked nonstop, doing two, sometimes three, jobs throughout the 80s.

A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more than police officers to put things right.

If companies shared profits with their workers, employers and employees would have a greater mutual interest in each other's success.

People who have no stake in society are the least likely to have respect for it.

Edgy' music has always formed the cornerstone to any teenage rebellion. Most indulge in it precisely because adults like me don't like them doing so.

The 1980s were tough for most of Britain, but nowhere more so than Tottenham.

I spend much of my time in a suit and tie with my top button done up and my sensible shoes neatly polished. When it comes to work, my appearance is about communicating professionalism and confidence.

We cannot afford to lose talented young black people, who make it to university, overseas, or worse, to let other talented black people be put off by the notion that university is somehow not for them.