David Blunkett Society Quotations

Changes to parliamentary procedure won't transform the lives of the people whom I represent. Decentralising, devolving decision-making and renewing civil society will.

If, in the name of liberty, we allow individuals to act in a way that damages the wellbeing of the whole, it will inevitably mean the breakdown of mutuality, thereby changing the very nature of our society.

We need to use all the resources at our disposal in order to prosper. We need more employment, and we need employment to be spread more fairly across society.

Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics and society.

Privacy is a right, but as in any democratic society, it is not an absolute right.

In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.

Being home secretary involves having to face some of the worst of human behaviour and challenges of modern society.