100 Quotes by David Lammy

As I have consistently recommended, we desperately need to find more black judges, particularly females, who are chronically underrepresented in our courts across London and the U.K.

The great thing about running is that so often you wake up and you think: 'I really don't feel like this.' And even when you're up and out, that first kilometre is tough. But then once you get to 3km and you're getting to the end of the run, it's really fantastic.

I knew what it was to be poor... my mother worried about putting food on the table. I knew what it was to feel excluded and shut out, but I also knew what it was to experience love and generosity.

I certainly knew the hard side of urban life, stop-and-search.

I'm just not convinced that the British people I know and love are interested in revolution.

The pressures of being an MP mean free time is a very rare luxury.

I like the state of being self-aware, it's interesting when you start to look at your own habits.

The ingrained image of black men being searched by the police feeds into the collective illusion that black men everywhere need to be policed more than others.

We cannot have different policing for different communities. It is inherently unfair.