Richard Mottram Quotes

British civil servant

Sir Richard Clive Mottram, GCB (born 23 April 1946) is a former British civil servant, who retired in 2007 from his most recent senior post as Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience in the Cabinet Office.

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In highly charged political matters, one person's ambiguity may be another person's truth.

When you are in the future, the past looks different.

We're all fucked. I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department's fucked. It's been the biggest cock-up ever and we're all completely fucked.

We have six of the most distinguished people in the field on the committee, but you'll just have to take my word for it because I'm not allowed to disclose their names.

The honours system gets to grade people. Graded grains make finer rice.