Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by John Gummer

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician John Gummer.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and now a member of the House of Lords. He was Conservative Party Chairman from 1983 to 1985 and held various government posts including Secretary of State for the Environment from 1993 to 1997.

British - Politician | Born: November 26, 1939

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A lot of work and money has been spent on astronomy and yet we have not found life. So we are rare, and rare things tend to be fragile and you have to be careful about them

John Gummer

Global climate change needs global action now. The alarm bells ought to be ringing in every capital of the world.

John Gummer

A tolerant society is one in which we criminalise an activity only as a last resort. Toleration is not just about allowing people to do things of which we approve, but about allowing them to do things of which we do not approve.

John Gummer

Eighty percent of the people of Britain want more money spent on public transport — in order that other people will travel on the buses so that there is more room for them to drive their cars.

John Gummer

It's not the future I'm talking about, I'm talking about tomorrow.

John Gummer

Do we have to wait until a disaster overwhelms us before we make the radical changes necessary to protect our world for future generations? That is the vital challenge of sustainable development. If we act now there is much that can be saved which will otherwise disappear forever

John Gummer

Poverty is considered quaint in the rural areas because it comes thatched.

John Gummer

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by John Gummer

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