Joseph Muscat Quotations

What I am saying is that people are not robots. One cannot simply dictate that tariffs increase whenever the price of oil increases. For me, the role of the state is to sustain people to remain productive

We need a prime minister who is more preoccupied with his country than with his party

Politicians cannot shake off responsibility and then when something is successful they take the merit but when something goes wrong they blame the workers.

Under Labour's plans, the Maltese Government would expect politicians and responsible individuals to pay back the money to the Maltese people.

It is not fair that honest people who always paid their taxes were being denied a cut in income tax while those involved in the VAT scandal were given light sentences and those who failed to pay VAT in the past years were being offered an amnesty.

Lawrence Gonzi is constantly taking the wrong decisions to the detriment of the Maltese and is not interested in tackling problems seriously

Those who collaborated and gave information on the involvement of politicians in corruption would be given protection and would not have action taken against them.

We will give the opportunity to individuals and companies with genuine information on political corruption to come forward with the details

There was a limit to how much a government could reduce its spending, but a Labour government would invest more in key areas of the economy that yielded growth, such as tourism.

Our families are not guinea pigs on whom we can experiment

I hope that the investigations into the scandal would not net just the small fish but also the sharks. This was the hour of those who claimed to be fighting corruption to prove themselves,

If I were the Prime Minister responsible for the next budget, I would introduce a maximum tariff rate that would remain stable for the whole year, thus giving a guarantee that irrespective of oil prices, the tariff will remain the same

If I were Prime Minister instead of Gonzi, I would not have introduced the crazy utility bills

Being gay is not a defect, not a sickness or something bad. Gay people have a right to a dignified life,

If I do the usual things, we will get the usual results, which means losing another election and, with it, the chance to bring about change in the country,

We should be active leaders in the fight for civil liberties which adequately reflect present social realities. Furthermore the left as a movement must appropriate the green agenda. Sustainability has to become the foundation of all our pursuits. This movement is my dream and vision. The left remains strong in Malta, but stronger it will become if we have the courage to unite and dream.

Students should not feel as if they had missed the boat if they failed examinations and should be presented with more opportunities to further their studies.

I come from a generation of sceptics, who do not believe what politicians say. The Labour Party wants to convince people through actions, not words. The Nationalist party have given the country 25 years of lies, the Labour Party will build the country anew.

What the people out there are calling for is honesty which has been missing for quite some time now. We are tired of all the deceit and incompetence of this government.

Corruption is another tax on the consumer and it is the Maltese families who are forking the money to make up for such corruptions.

Climate change is a crucial issue in todays global agenda. Hopefully, we will wake up to this reality, sooner rather than later. Pressure has been mounting on European Union Member States to act decisively to fight global warming. A bold target has been set reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20 by 2020.