Margaret Beckett Quotes

#1. Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperation in tackling the reality of climate change.

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#2. The rewards that will flow from a successful shift to a low carbon economy are high. Neither governments nor business can afford to let these opportunities pass them by

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#3. Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can

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#4. My husband and I have enjoyed many summer holidays on the Continent, and many people say that their most memorable trips have been the journeys made on the spur of the moment.

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#5. Some people think that going on a caravan holiday is a slightly more upscale version of camping. Let me assure you, it is much better than that. You know that you will have your creature comforts wherever you are. I never have to pack light, and I can put the kettle on in any location.

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#6. Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace.

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#7. One of the reasons I came into politics was because I thought I lacked the skills to be a social worker.

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#8. Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural.

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#9. Caravanning can be as simple or as luxurious as you choose. My own experience is probably not dissimilar to that of many families across the country who also share this hobby.

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#10. Many unsustainable behaviours are locked-in and made 'normal', not just by the way that we produce and consume, but by the absence of easy alternatives

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#11. We've known for some time that we have to worry about the impacts of climate change on our children's and grandchildren's generations. But we now have to worry about ourselves as well.

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#12. It is a stark and arresting fact that, since the middle of the 20th century, humankind has consumed more natural resources than in all previous human history

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#13. You have to make your choice and live with your choice.

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#14. My own passion for caravan holidays has been occasionally commented on by the media. It is certainly something that I am proud of.

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#15. I don't join or leave things lightly.

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