Top 126 Quotes & Sayings by Sadiq Khan - Page 2

You know that running bug people talk about? Well, I've been well and truly bitten.

My morning runs have become one of the only times I have during the week to reflect and take stock.

For too long, some lazy politicians have engaged leaders of Muslim communities as a shortcut to engaging disenfranchised Muslim citizens.

The U.K. has some of the toughest legislation on hate crime in the world, and it is there to keep us all safe.

Opportunity must be underpinned by security - and Labour must offer that security.

People need to be able to read what their rights are, to be able to participate and hold their governments to account.

The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors.

I've spent my entire adult life encouraging minority communities to get involved in mainstream society, civic society.

I welcome an arms race for minority ethnic voters. This will ensure we all raise our game.

The U.K. has some of the best protections in law for religious groups in the world. They aren't perfect, but they provide a strong basis for religious groups to be free from fear of discrimination. I'm proud of this because it underpins what is decent about our country.

Being subjected to Islamophobic abuse makes integration less likely and amplifies the views of the extremists rather than the mainstream. It's divisive and dangerous and puts British lives at risk.

Betting shops have a big impact on encouraging on-street drinking and can often become a centre for disorder and anti-social behaviour.

Labour is at its best when we understand how the country has changed and we adapt to new circumstances.

Minority ethnic issues need to be mainstream issues.

London chose to come out in record numbers, the highest turnout there's ever been in a mayoral election, and - I say this not with arrogance; it is what others have said - the single biggest mandate a British politician has ever received. That shows what a wonderful city we are.

I never understood how much running changes your life. I'm now obsessed. When not trying to beat my personal best, I'm talking to other people about theirs, reading training advice or eating the perfect balance of carbs and protein.

I've been blessed - every job I've had I've loved, whether it's as a lawyer, MP, cabinet minister.

I challenge British Muslims to accept that as strongly as they feel about Iraq or counter-terrorism measures, poverty and inequality have the biggest impact on the lives of the majority of British Muslims and do the most to prevent potential being fulfilled.

Labour allowed ourselves to be painted as anti-business for talking about insecurity, when in reality, the opposite was true.

I look forward to the day that I can go with my daughters to the polling station for them to cast their first vote.

Labour accepts that the European Court of Human Rights needs reform.

Only Labour is in a position to protect individual rights against abuses by the state.

I used to be a human rights lawyer and acted for many black Londoners who had been victims of discrimination.

Voting, for me, has always been a family affair.

I think Bill de Blasio is doing interesting housing stuff in New York, Rahm Emanuel is doing interesting stuff with the infrastructure bank in Chicago. I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors.

Our prisons are full of people who are illiterate and innumerate, have been failed by the care system, and often have had a parent in prison.

One of the things that's important to me as a Londoner is making sure my family, people I care about, are safe.

It is the Labour party that has always sought to address the problems facing British Muslims, because we believe it is one of our primary functions to tackle the problems faced by the most vulnerable in our society.

Of course I am partisan in my politics, but my partisanship is rational - which, in my book, is not necessarily oxymoronic.

London made my family and myself.

Education is important even beyond the bounds of the opportunities it gives to the individual; it is a crucial and basic requirement for ensuring effective democracy and human rights.

Muslims, like most other voters, don't just want 'one of their own,' they want someone who best represents their values.

We cannot afford to have the confidence of the public, victims, and witnesses in our justice system undermined because the wrong people are being found guilty and the real criminals are wandering the streets.

Thousands of people's lives improved in this country through human rights laws. Individual people taking on the all-powerful state and winning. You'd think a very Tory thing to do. Sadly not, under Cameron's leadership.

I did not come into Parliament to be a Muslim MP. And I have never set myself up as a Muslim spokesperson or community leader. Just as ordinary citizens have multiple identities, so do MPs.

It is not enough to pay lip service to diversity.

Victims of crime and the wider community deserve a grown-up debate on our criminal justice system and how we can make it work - for those within it and for those it protects.

My experience in relation to taking on the preachers of hate was saying to them it's compatible being British, being Western, being Muslim.

When I was growing up, anyone who wasn't white was black. It meant all of us. Though when I was at university, we started to be called Asians.

Women with opportunities are women who can contribute.

The worst thing for worker's is their bosses business going out of business.

How is it having more control if there is double the immigration as there would be under an Australian style points system?

There is no doubt that we need to manage migration better.Migrants are always getting the blame for politicians.

How is it having more control if there are young people stifled the opportunities that we had?

We need to make it safe to cycle across London. Why not pedestrianise parts of London like Oxford Street and Parliament Square? I intend to plant 200 million trees across London in my term as mayor.

There is one school of thought that says Mayors should cut ribbons, be funny and be a buffoon. The other school of thought is that we can do more. Scotland is getting more powers. Wales is getting more powers. Greater Manchester. London needs more powers.

I'm going to bring in something called the London Living Rent. These are homes where rent is one third of average local earnings.

Raising the congestion charge won't necessarily make a difference. Rather than increasing the amount you pay in congestion charge, we should be thinking about an ultra low emission zone. We should penalise those cars who are the biggest polluters and reward cars that don't, like electric cars.

I would use the power of procurement, I would say if you want to do business with the mayor of London, you must pay your staff a London Living Wage.

How is it having more control if there are businesses from China, India, America choosing Germany and France over London?

My biggest concern is security and keeping Londoners safe.

What London wants is a champion, a fighter for London. It doesn't want a patsy of George Osborne or David Cameron.

London had always been different. There is the old saying that Britain is ten years behind America, and the country as a whole is ten years behind London. If you have a Mayor of London working for jobs and growth and strong businesses, that is going to create opportunities for businesses and people in Burnley or Hull and places all over the UK.

I believe in neighbourhood policing. We also need to look at young people being radicalised.

I am backing Remain for a very simple reason: it is the best way of protecting jobs, wages and rights for working people.

You cannot live in the best city in the world and have people living on the streets.

I think to suggest that somehow Muslims aren't welcome in the USA, to suggest somehow that being a Muslim is incompatible with being western, unintentionally plays into the hand of Daesh and so-called Isis.

Britain cannot compete with China or Taiwan on price; we compete on skills, on arts and culture.

London is a great city full of amazing people from all backgrounds and when Londoners face adversity, we always pull together. We stand up for our values. And we show the world. We are the greatest city in the world.

Greedy bankers trashing the economy are to blame, not migrants.