Andrew Mitchell Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Andrew Mitchell:

It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#7a82d4d8

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#c8650136

My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on results.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#a20ccf05

It is vital that the entire international system is ready to meet the challenges of future disasters.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#891bb1c6

Libyans have to work together for a new Libya. They should keep in place the sinews of security.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#b1da7ec7

Britain is doing brilliant things around the world and that is why I described as a 'superpower on development.'
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#7e65b7be

In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#19fd998b

You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#edb4a05c

My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#c65b82c5

There's nothing to be said for opposition. You can only talk about things and you can lay your plans. You can't actually achieve very much; you have to be in government for that.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#1828b0fa

There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value for money.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#ca23d8b0

Climate change is having a dramatic effect on the ground.
~Andrew Mitchell


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#c652ae36

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#55daf656

The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#591e6a19

Britain, today, educates 4.8 million primary school children in Britain. And we educate five million primary school children around the developing world, at a cost of 2.5 per cent of what we spend on British children.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#b20c2bde

I have apologised to the police.
~Andrew Mitchell


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-mitchell-quotes/#0b43e360

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