Boris Johnson quotes - page 5

We have so far succeeded in the first and most important task we set ourselves as a nation to avoid the tragedy that engulfed other parts of the world. (Boris Johnson)
£60,000,000 I saw was being spaffed up the wall on some investigation into historic child abuse. What on earth is that going to do to protect the people now? View quote
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We should actively campaign for a public understanding of the benefits of the [UK] union, economic and strategic, for the people and its component nations. View quote
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We are being asked to vote for a customs union and a second referendum. The Bill is directly against our manifesto - and I will not vote for it. We can and must do better - and deliver what the people voted for. View quote
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if we get it wrong we will be punished. View quote
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The EU is 50 years old, it is going in the wrong direction. It is time for real reform. The only way to get that is to leave. View quote
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Would anyone in their right mind want to join the EU today? View quote
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Leaving the EU would be a win-win for all. The EU costs us a huge amount of money and subverts our democracy. View quote
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There is only one way to get the change we need - and that is to vote to go; because all EU history shows that they only really listen to a population when it says no. View quote
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So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy. View quote
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Labour's appalling agenda, encouraging the teaching of homosexuality in schools, and all the rest of it. (Boris Johnson)
Not even Mr Blair has been able to erode the unions conviction that we all have a "right” to a minimum wage... Both the minimum wage and the Social Charter would palpably destroy jobs. View quote
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Any seat would be mad not to take him. He's a terrific chap. View quote
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I was just chucking these rocks over the garden wall, and I'd listen to this amazing crash from the greenhouse, next door, over, over in England, as everything I wrote from Brussels was having this amazing, explosive effect on the Tory Party, and, and it really gave me this, I suppose, rather weird sense of, of power. View quote
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Look, I wouldn't trust Harriet Harman's political judgement. View quote
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Had it been us staging the Games, I don't think we would necessarily have done the switcheroo with the girl with the braces. View quote
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[The UK is] no less united... nor indeed any less European [following the decision to leave the EU]. View quote
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There is no plan for no deal because we are going to get a great deal. View quote
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[I] didn't say anything about Turkey during the referendum. Since I made no remarks...I can't disown them. View quote
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My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg. View quote
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I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done. (Boris Johnson)
I want to win and I want to be in office. View quote
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Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff. View quote
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If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere. View quote
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Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything. View quote
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