93 Quotes by David Lidington

We must do better by offenders who are sent to prison to make them less likely to return.

We know that fathers find asking for help harder than mothers.

We all want to believe that our country's forces have, at all times and even under extreme pressure, acted with both humanity and honour.

It is often said that fathers can often find it hard to talk about their own feelings so there's no wonder they struggle to speak to their son or daughter about the topic.

Prison officers face enormous pressure. The levels of violence inside our prisons are too high.

The closer you get to Number 10 the more you see what a back-breaking job that is, the pressure is absolutely constant and the loss of privacy is almost complete so I don't have ambitions in that direction and there is no vacancy nor likely to be during my time in politics.

Time spent travelling was assumed to be unproductive and a monetary value attributed to the minutes that would be saved from a speedier journey that allowed people to get from one office to another more quickly. I've always thought that that case was weak.

Conservatives believe in patriotism, but equally in community and the importance of local identity. We believe in devolution. We believe in localism. We believe that decisions should be taken locally wherever is practical; that communities matter.

I think we try to categorise people, put them in pigeon holes, I think we get into all sorts of difficulties.