Barry Gardiner Quotes

Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.

A community is business, education, and housing. Without those, the community suffers.

Most people would agree that infrastructure is something government should do.

The urbanising middle class of the 1960s and 1970s had schools, hospitals, roads, energy services, even cultural institutions - all created by the state, or under its aegis. When liberalisation came along, they were poised and ready for take-off.

No country which is now developed has done so without providing high quality public education.

Many people say that in a liberalised world there is little for the government to do, but the fact is that there is much for the government to do in fewer areas. One such area is to provide infrastructure.

Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.

Every city across the country that has successfully renewed and revitalized itself points to a robust education system as its fundamental key to success.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.

Police and firefighters are great, but they don't create wealth. They protect it. That's crucial. Teaching is a wonderful profession. Teachers help educate people to become good citizens so that citizens can then go create wealth. But they don't create the wealth themselves.

There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives.

To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.

Egypt has great potential because of the latent power of its human capital.

To be sure, the United States has profound problems, not least our faltering educational and physical infrastructure.

Public education is an investment in our future.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided.

The value of lands and houses is the best estimate of the wealth of a nation.

What we can do in Singapore may not be doable elsewhere. Some things you know you need: you want efficient government, you want clean government, you want to do away with corruption, you must educate your people. You want to get housing and so on. All these are not such secrets, not so special to Singapore.

What makes a successful country is when you invest in the people of the country - whether it's education, health care, job training - and you rebuild a clean America to provide the kind of infrastructure that will be sustainable and let us grow.

All I'll say is if you look at countries where it is - where they are rapidly growing, they're investing in their infrastructure. They're investing in their educations. They are trying to streamline regulations, but they're not neglecting key investments.

Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.

There isn't a single developed country which does not have its citizens well educated.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.