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Top 25 John Bercow Quotes (2025 Update)

John Bercow Quote: “Fairness is not about statistical equality.”

1. “Fairness is not about statistical equality.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “There’s no point in worrying about things you can’t influence.”

2. “There’s no point in worrying about things you can’t influence.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.”

3. “There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.”

4. “I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.”

5. “Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I’m supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.”

6. “I’m supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I’ve never been much given to little social cliques.”

7. “I’ve never been much given to little social cliques.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.”

8. “Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, ‘I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,’ and tell my children that.”

9. “I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, ‘I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,’ and tell my children that.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.”

10. “For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.”

11. “If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.”

— John Bercow

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John Bercow Quote: “I’m not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.”

12. “I’m not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.”

13. “It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.”

14. “I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I’m not in the business of warning people.”

15. “I’m not in the business of warning people.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament – to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.”

16. “I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament – to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “The prime minister’s job is to captain his team, his party and his government.”

17. “The prime minister’s job is to captain his team, his party and his government.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.”

18. “Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.”

19. “When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.”

— John Bercow

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John Bercow Quote: “The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.”

20. “The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “I don’t want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.”

21. “I don’t want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “It’s a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.”

22. “It’s a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “If you asked me if I’d rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I’d say Speaker.”

23. “If you asked me if I’d rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I’d say Speaker.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I’ve always been passionate about parliament.”

24. “One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I’ve always been passionate about parliament.”

— John Bercow

John Bercow Quote: “Persist, persist, persist!”

25. “Persist, persist, persist!”

— John Bercow

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