“Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our count...” — Betty Boothroyd Quote

“Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our country, our economy, our society and our standing in the world - damage that will be worsened by the kind of ruinous no deal being pledged by some who aspire to become prime minister.”

“Europe needs us just as much as we need Europe and it's time to stop fiddling for a solution, it's time to implement the solution.”

“Do not let anyone get away with the argument that tearing our country out of one of the most successful partnerships in our history is somehow a great act of patriotism. It is not.”

“I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren.”

“I travelled to Germany to witness for myself what nationalism, populism and the breakdown of peace between the great European nations had done. Amidst the rubble I made great friends who have remained friends for the rest of our lives.”

“People talk often of Brexit as the biggest challenge since the Second World War. It is certainly proving to be a lot more difficult and complicated than was promised by those who won the referendum campaign in 2016.”

“Disbelief in the consequences of wrongdoing has coarsened our society and alienated us one from another.”

“I feel what's happened in our society in contemporary times is a severe lack of empathy.”

“My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.”

“Before the Second World War, I believed in the perfectability of social man; that a correct structure of society produced goodwill; and that, therefore, you could remove all social ills by a reorganisation of society. It is possible that I believe something of the same again; but after the war, I did not because I was unable to.”

“Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations.”

“Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.”