John Gummer

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Global climate change needs global action now. The alarm bells ought to be ringing in every capital of the world.
- John Gummer
Collection: Alarms
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A tolerant society is one in which we criminalise an activity only as a last resort. Toleration is not just about allowing people to do things of which we approve, but about allowing them to do things of which we do not approve.
- John Gummer
Collection: Hunting
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Do we have to wait until a disaster overwhelms us before we make the radical changes necessary to protect our world for future generations? That is the vital challenge of sustainable development. If we act now there is much that can be saved which will otherwise disappear forever
- John Gummer
Collection: Future
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Eighty percent of the people of Britain want more money spent on public transport — in order that other people will travel on the buses so that there is more room for them to drive their cars.
- John Gummer
Collection: Order
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A lot of work and money has been spent on astronomy and yet we have not found life. So we are rare, and rare things tend to be fragile and you have to be careful about them
- John Gummer
Collection: Environment
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Poverty is considered quaint in the rural areas because it comes thatched.
- John Gummer
Collection: Rural Areas
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It's not the future I'm talking about, I'm talking about tomorrow.
- John Gummer
Collection: Talking