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Top 25 John Prescott Quotes (2024 Update)

John Prescott Quote: “Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government.”

1. “Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government.”

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John Prescott Quote: “I’ve always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I’m Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I’m Welsh. It’s my place of birth, my country.”

2. “I’ve always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I’m Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I’m Welsh. It’s my place of birth, my country.”

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John Prescott Quote: “In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.”

3. “In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.”

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John Prescott Quote: “The Green Belt is a Labour achievement – and we mean to build on it.”

4. “The Green Belt is a Labour achievement – and we mean to build on it.”

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John Prescott Quote: “It’s great to be back on terra cotta.”

5. “It’s great to be back on terra cotta.”

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John Prescott Quote: “Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.”

6. “Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.”

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John Prescott Quote: “Down in the south, it’s how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that’s what I’ve done.”

7. “Down in the south, it’s how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that’s what I’ve done.”

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John Prescott Quote: “My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I’m anything else than middle class now.”

8. “My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I’m anything else than middle class now.”

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John Prescott Quote: “So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick – but at least I’d had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full.”

9. “So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick – but at least I’d had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full.”

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John Prescott Quote: “Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn’t like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?”

10. “Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn’t like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?”

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John Prescott Quote: “I don’t get a fair whack, I don’t pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.”

11. “I don’t get a fair whack, I don’t pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.”

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John Prescott Quote: “There’s no excuse, it’s just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn’t deny it I just said ‘that’s it’ and I had to go home and explain it.”

12. “There’s no excuse, it’s just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn’t deny it I just said ‘that’s it’ and I had to go home and explain it.”

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John Prescott Quote: “I’ve gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I’ve wronged her and I’ve wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn’t just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.”

13. “I’ve gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I’ve wronged her and I’ve wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn’t just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.”

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John Prescott Quote: “Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust.”

14. “Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust.”

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John Prescott Quote: “The only break I ever took was to eat. That’s all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food.”

15. “The only break I ever took was to eat. That’s all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food.”

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John Prescott Quote: “I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.”

16. “I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.”

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John Prescott Quote: “In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It’s not a new policy.”

17. “In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It’s not a new policy.”

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John Prescott Quote: “I can tell you I’m pretty middle-class.”

18. “I can tell you I’m pretty middle-class.”

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John Prescott Quote: “I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that’s where they are.”

19. “I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that’s where they are.”

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John Prescott Quote: “This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn’t in fact been given public release, it was released in February...”

20. “This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn’t in fact been given public release, it was released in February...”

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John Prescott Quote: “If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself.”

21. “If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself.”

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John Prescott Quote: “It’s moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.”

22. “It’s moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.”

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John Prescott Quote: “What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.”

23. “What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.”

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John Prescott Quote: “We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.”

24. “We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.”

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John Prescott Quote: “There is progress taking place, growth is better. We’re only talking about two years there.”

25. “There is progress taking place, growth is better. We’re only talking about two years there.”

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John Prescott Quote: “I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.”

26. “I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.”

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John Prescott Quote: “My department is not too big for one man, because I’m Superman.”

27. “My department is not too big for one man, because I’m Superman.”

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John Prescott Quote: “When I see that man on the telly – ‘Are you thinking what I’m thinking?’ No! I’m definitely not! I find most of it quite offensive!”

28. “When I see that man on the telly – ‘Are you thinking what I’m thinking?’ No! I’m definitely not! I find most of it quite offensive!”

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John Prescott Quote: “We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.”

29. “We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.”

— John Prescott

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