Jo Cox quotes

Jo Cox was a British politician and Member of Parliament known for her advocacy on social justice and humanitarian issues. Her work focused on promoting community cohesion and supporting vulnerable groups, both in the UK and internationally. She is remembered for her compassion and enduring legacy of unity and kindness. Here are 61 of her quotes:

I am Batley and Spen born and bred, and I could not be prouder of that. I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too. (Jo Cox)
It is time to give city and county regions the powers and resources they need to promote growth, and I will happily work with all of those who are genuinely committed to building an economic powerhouse in the north. View quote
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Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain's continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere. View quote
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Let us not be duped into believing that we need to make a choice between dealing with either Assad or Isis. On the surface, this may seem appealing, but it is not an option. There is no choice. View quote
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On the military side, we need to get two things right if we only talk about limited air strikes against Isil [Isis] – and I back international action against Isil – it will be counterproductive. We have to look at the conflict dynamic in Syria, and that is 75% of civilian deaths and causalities are caused by the Assad regime due to his aerial bombardment of civilians. View quote
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I have fought a really local and positive campaign full of energy and enthusiasm and I think that came across. I'm not nervous, I'm honour and humbled to be elected, I appreciate the big challenge ahead, I have two children aged two and four so I am used to the challenge. View quote
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They are a lifeline for job hunters without their own computer, slimmers, walkers, discussers, knitters and natterers. View quote
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It's not about creating an equal country, but it is about stopping the development of an underclass cut off from the rest of society. This focus could be a straight forward set of things like a living wage, supporting more effective pathways into work and an effective benefits system. View quote
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If we can find the will I strongly believe we can still make Britain's approach to talent a bit more X-factor (without Simon Cowell) and a bit less Downton Abbey. View quote
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If you talk to quite a lot of people around the world, whether it's in an, you can make a massive difference and they want us to act. View quote
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I believe it is time for the Government urgently to consider deterring the indiscriminate aerial bombardment of civilians in Syria through the willingness to consider the prudent and limited use of force. (Jo Cox)
The priority has been offering a service and making a difference. View quote
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Labour is in the doldrums and we have to ask ourselves why. Why, day after day during the campaign, we failed to get a hearing. Why the voters aren't getting the alternative vision of a fairer, stronger, more just Britain that we should be offering. View quote
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Having gone through that experience of being in a Cambridge college, surviving it and building myself up, meant that coming here (Westminster) was a walk in the park, and a lot of the same people are here! View quote
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I don't think that maternal and child health is a global priority. The health and welfare of mothers and their children received unprecedented international attention in 2010, but not all Governments were involved and other issues subsequently knocked this issue off the top slot. For those Governments who did make specific policy and resource commitments, the role of civil society is to work hard to get them to deliver. However, to see a truly seismic shift in the life chances of mums-to-be and their babies, Governments - rich and poor - must tackle inequality, especially gender but also income. View quote
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Weak leadership, poor judgment and a mistaken sense of priorities have created distraction after distraction and stopped us getting our message across. View quote
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Thanks Diane. I hope we can all agree that this debate should be about Syria not UK party politics. View quote
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Building an integrated, cost-effective, national health service that delivers quality care for all is one of the critical challenges facing anyone with a stake in global health. A mum doesn't divide the health of her family up into different bits when she goes to a health clinic: ‘vaccines', ‘malaria', ‘HIV'. For her a health centre is a health centre and a nurse is a nurse. When she goes to get help, she should receive integrated care for all her family's needs not just the one thing that centre, or health practitioner, happens to know about. We need to assign inefficient, parallel health interventions to the rubbish bin. View quote
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Every time we flounder we just embolden them further. View quote
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We must put party politics to one side and focus on what really matters-the protection of Syrian civilians. View quote
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In recent years, Britain has withdrawn from the world. On Syria, on Europe, on Ukraine this government has been on the periphery: all victim of the same lack of long-term strategic thinking about British foreign policy and the absence of a moral compass. It is time for the left to revive its ethical foreign policy and carve out a new long-term narrative that puts human rights and the protection of civilians centre stage once again. (Jo Cox)
Every decade or so, the world is tested by a crisis so grave that it breaks the mould: one so horrific and inhumane that the response of politicians to it becomes emblematic of their generation -their moral leadership or cowardice, their resolution or incompetence. It is how history judges us. View quote
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Every weekend families across Britain settle down to watch the X-factor or Britain's Got Talent. We revel in the discovery of new talent, the chance for someone to come from nowhere and suddenly make it big based simply on their raw ability and hard work. Yet (perhaps outside the realm of music and entertainment) our society is all too often the opposite of this ideal of opportunity. View quote
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After the horror of 9/11 ‘interventionism' was increasingly expressed through the paradigms of ‘security' or ‘counter terrorism', rather than being grounded firmly in the protection of civilians. View quote
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I believe the left is now in a fundamental fight about our future approach to international affairs:. View quote
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Jo Cox

Occupation: British Politician
Born: June 22, 1974
Died: June 16, 2016
Quotes count: 61