We've got to find a way of taxing the internet giants on their income, because at the moment it is simply unfair. Boris Johnson More Quotes by Boris Johnson More Quotes From Boris Johnson David Lloyd George had been to Germany, and been so dazzled by the Führer that he compared him to George Washington. Hitler was a 'born leader', declared the befuddled former British Prime Minister. He wished that Britain had 'a man of his supreme quality at the head of affairs in our country today'. This from the hero of the First World War! The man who had led Britain to victory over the Kaiser! Boris Johnson herowarcountry Churchill decides from very early on that he will create a political position that is somehow above left and right, embodying the best points of both sides and thereby incarnating the will of the nation. He thinks of himself as a gigantic keystone in the arch, with all the lesser stones logically induced to support his position. He has a kind of semi-ideology to go with it - a leftish Toryism: imperialist, romantic, but on the side of the working man. Boris Johnson politicalmenthinking Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity. Boris Johnson humanityevilart I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight. Boris Johnson toughfighting All the people I talk to, increasingly, can see that the emperor has got no clothes. The case for leaving [the EU] is now overwhelming. Boris Johnson clothesleavingpeople You are part of our Great British family. Boris Johnson british I'm a one-nation Tory. Boris Johnson nations This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy. Boris Johnson economybenefitschance It just happens I write fast and always have done. Boris Johnson donehappenswriting Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books. Boris Johnson partywritingbook I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done. Boris Johnson domesticityblamelessdone I want to win and I want to be in office. Boris Johnson officewinningwant So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy. Boris Johnson wealth-creationfavourprosperity My point is that this Potter business has legs. It will run and run, and we must be utterly mad, as a country, to leave it to the Americans to make money from a great British invention. I appeal to the children of this country and to their Potter-fiend parents to write to Warner Bros and Universal, and perhaps, even, to the great J K herself. Bring Harry home to Britain-and if you want a site with less rainfall than Rome, with excellent public transport, and strong connections to Harry Potter, I have just the place. Boris Johnson strongrunningcountry It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall. Boris Johnson walltryingpiglet Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything. Boris Johnson achievewould-bethinking I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist. Boris Johnson malesfemalebelieve This is a super masticated subject, and it is time to spit it out. Boris Johnson spitscornsubjects It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them. Boris Johnson hard-workeasypromise I think it'd be disgraceful if a chap wasn't allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went to Vegas and you didn't misbehave in some trivial way. Boris Johnson realfunthinking
