Trevor Phillips Quotes & Sayings

“I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society.”

“Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.”

“The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim, but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian.”

“Across the board, people are looking at the problem, but simply not changing anywhere near fast enough.”

“It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.”

“I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.”

“I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian.”

“My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.”

“You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.'”

“There's no question that there is more anti-religion noise in Britain.”