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" As someone who lives with adult-onset asthma, I know how bad air quality in the capital has become. I want to be the greenest mayor London has ever had - it is not acceptable that 10,000 people die in London every year because our air is so filthy. "

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" The story of the British empire helps to explain the roots of most British people: white, black, and Asian. "

" I think Bill de Blasio is doing interesting housing stuff in New York, Rahm Emanuel is doing interesting stuff with the infrastructure bank in Chicago. I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors. "

" Letting people out of prison without professional staff to oversee their rehabilitation is irresponsible. "

" A duty to the public must be to stop prisoners reoffending through successful rehabilitation. "

" We should recognise the mirrors of exclusion and mirrors of extremism in our society. The inequalities and disadvantages among visible minorities are also prevalent in the white working class. Political extremism and disengagement is mirrored between white and ethnic minority communities. "

" The best way for people to understand each other's faith is to share experiences. "

" My family has always been proud of being British. "

" Voting, for me, has always been a family affair. "

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" We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism. "

" Major miscarriages of justice have occurred because of the absence of proper legal representation. "

" The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors. "

" I'm a proud Londoner, a Brit, European, of Pakistani heritage, a Muslim - we all have multiple layers of identity - that's what makes us who we are. "

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" More than 300 languages are spoken in London. Religions are freely practiced. Rich and poor live on the same street, side by side. We've actually escaped many of the most difficult problems - integration and community cohesion. "

" Victims of crime and the wider community deserve a grown-up debate on our criminal justice system and how we can make it work - for those within it and for those it protects. "

" As the mayor of London, my highest priority is keeping Londoners and visitors to our city safe from harm. "

" I value loyalty and believe that internal disagreements shouldn't be voiced in the media - because divided parties lose elections. "

" If you're someone who doesn't have Muslim friends, and your only experience of Islam is what you see on the news - the angry man with a beard doing or saying something terrible - then you may inadvertently associate that with Islam and think that is what it's all about. "

" Everyone - regardless of their background, wealth, race, faith, gender, sexual orientation or age - should be able to fulfil their potential and succeed. "

" It's too easy to dismiss Donald Trump as a buffoon - to point and laugh at a man whose worldview is as ridiculous as his hairdo. But to do so is to make light of a very serious threat. "

" For too long, some lazy politicians have engaged leaders of Muslim communities as a shortcut to engaging disenfranchised Muslim citizens. "

" Our prisons are full of people who are illiterate and innumerate, have been failed by the care system, and often have had a parent in prison. "

" People end up on the street for many different reasons - leaving care or hospital, problems with debt, unemployment, mental health, family breakup - and so the help they need is varied, too. "

" Change is hard and requires constant struggle and determination. "