Author: Johann Lamont

Quotes

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

- Johann Lamont

Maybe I was just born to argue with men.

Maybe I was just born to argue with men.

- Johann Lamont

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

- Johann Lamont

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

- Johann Lamont

The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

- Johann Lamont

Our task is a great one, not just because of how far we have fallen. Our task is a great one because of the challenges facing the people we seek to serve.

Our task is a great one, not just because of how far we have fallen. Our task is a great one because of the challenges facing the people we seek to serve.

- Johann Lamont

Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

- Johann Lamont

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

- Johann Lamont

I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

- Johann Lamont

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