16 John Bercow Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Bercow

British Politician

Born: Jan 19, 1963

About Me Party People Politics You

Related authors: Boris Johnson David Cameron Diane Abbott Jeremy Corbyn Neil Kinnock Nigel Farage Priti Patel Theresa May

I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.' John Bercow

Good You Wife Hopeless Politician Academic Liked She Because Said Been Very Original Why Thinker Beloved

Fairness is not about statistical equality. John Bercow

Equality Statistical About Fairness

I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want. John Bercow

Politics People Political Think Despairing Some Give Effect Very Political Process Disengaged Often Suspicious Want Formal Process Disinterested Means Uninterested Even Expression Extent

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations. John Bercow

Myself Good Fashion People Pride Relations Courteous Trying Being

I'm not in the business of warning people. John Bercow

Business People Warning

The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world. John Bercow

World Conservatives Must Sceptical Being Different Realise Interdependent

If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation. John Bercow

Situation Someone Cheeky Deal Very Quite Being Fun

The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government. John Bercow

Government Job Party Minister Prime His Team Captain

I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers. John Bercow

Written Supremely Newspapers Uninterested Many

There is no denying or hiding the fact that over the years I moved from well on the right of the Conservative Party, much much more to its left, and therefore to the centre of the poltical spectrum. John Bercow

Conservative Party Conservative Party Hiding More Fact Over Well Years Left Denying Moved Centre Much Therefore Right Spectrum

Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment. John Bercow

Lying Ought Punishment Clear Abuse Very Committee Grave

Possibly the fact that I was physically quite feeble, a relatively short little fellow, attracted me to that idea of a very authoritative and aggressive version of Conservative politics. John Bercow

Politics Me Conservative Aggressive Relatively Possibly Physically Fact Feeble Idea Attracted Fellow Version Very Authoritative Quite Short Little

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics. John Bercow

Politics Cleaning Think Record Lead Taken Up Speaker Shows

When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative. John Bercow

Politics You Conservative First Out Might Hard Describe Right Started

John Bercow Quotes

No more John Bercow quotes