“Fathers need to be made aware of their responsibilities - and that's u...” — David Lammy Quote

“Fathers need to be made aware of their responsibilities - and that's up to all of us to communicate, as parents, as politicians and as members of a community.”

“As the MP for an area like Tottenham you quickly learn that the factors leading to unemployment are as numerous as they are diverse.”

“People 'demand' the opportunity to gamble away money they do not have, just like people 'demand' money from loan sharks at extortionate interest rates. This is a warped, empty type of freedom, in which the powerful are free to exploit the vulnerable.”

“My parents made it a point that, although I was born and raised in New York City, I needed to speak Spanish because they wanted me to be able to communicate with my elders when I went to Santo Domingo or when my family came to visit from Cuba.”

“I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate.”

“I have always used a great variety of verse forms, especially in my poetry for children. I believe that poetry begins in childhood and that a poet who can remember his own childhood exactly can, and should, communicate to children.”