Latest Boris Johnson Quotes from Interviews

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• These days we dimly believe that the Second World War was won with Russian blood and American money; and though that is in some ways true, it is also true that, without Churchill, Hitler would almost certainly have won.

  Boris Johnson

  War, Believe, Blood

  Boris Johnson (2014). “The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History”, p.10, Hachette UK

• Churchill knew instinctively what was wrong with communism - that it repressed liberty; that it replaced individual discretion with state control; that it entailed the curtailment of democracy, and therefore that it was tyrannous.

  Boris Johnson

  Democracy, Liberty, Communism

• 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

  Country, War, Hero

• 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

  Thinking, Men, Political

  Boris Johnson (2014). “The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History”, p.49, Hachette UK

• The difference between Hitler's speeches and Churchill's speeches was that Hitler made you think he could do anything; Churchill made you think you could do anything.

  Boris Johnson

  Thinking, Differences, Speech

  Source: www.goodreads.com

• He is the resounding human rebuttal to all Marxist historians who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces. The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.

  Boris Johnson

  Thinking, Men, Differences

  Source: www.goodreads.com

• Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity.

  Boris Johnson

  Art, Evil, Humanity

  Source: www.goodreads.com

• The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.

  Boris Johnson

  New York, Real, Risk

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• I want to offer particular congratulations to Andrea Leadsom on her stunning achievement. She is now well placed to win and replace the absurd gloom in some quarters with a positive, confident and optimistic approach, not just to Europe, but to government all round.

  Boris Johnson

  Congratulations, Optimistic, Winning

  "Tory leadership election: Leadsom beats Gove to join Theresa May on shortlist - live" by Andrew Sparrow, Claire Phipps and Chris Johnston, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2016.

• Some people think that it [Brexit] is the end of the world. It's not. On the contrary, it's a massive opportunity for this country.

  Boris Johnson

  Country, Opportunity, Thinking

• Andrea Leadsom, I think, has all the qualities that you need at the moment. She's got a lot of zap, a lot of drive, and all the experience. Plus I think she can articulate what's needed at the moment, which is a bit of an antidote to some of the gloom and negativity and misunderstanding about what the Brexit vote means.

  Boris Johnson

  Mean, Thinking, Negativity

  "Theresa May wins first round of voting in Tory leadership race" by Anushka Asthana and Rowena Mason, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2016.

• We celebrate the contribution of people who have come to this country to make it better.

  Boris Johnson

  Country, People, Celebrate

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• We did everything we could to break down barriers that restrain poorest.

  Boris Johnson

  Breaking Down, Break, Barriers

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt. But it is a moment for hope...

  Boris Johnson

  Self, Doubt, Moments

  "Boris Johnson is NOT running to be the next British prime minister — here are the candidates still in the running" by Adam Payne, uk.businessinsider.com. June 30, 2016.

• This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy.

  Boris Johnson

  Benefits, Chance, Economy

  "Conservative MPs in uproar as Boris Johnson 'rips party apart' by withdrawing from leadership contest after ambush by Michael Gove" by Laura Hughes, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 30, 2016.

• Our friends in America will be at the front of the queue for trade deals.

  Boris Johnson

  America, Queues, Trade

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.

  Boris Johnson

  Cutting, People, Want

• The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.

  Boris Johnson

  Party, Leader, World

  "Conservative MPs in uproar as Boris Johnson 'rips party apart' by withdrawing from leadership contest after ambush by Michael Gove" by Laura Hughes, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 30, 2016.

• You are part of our Great British family.

  Boris Johnson

  British

  Facebook Post by Boris Johnson, www.facebook.com. June 30, 2016.

• 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

  Clothes, People, Leaving

• I'm afraid Sadiq Khan is completely wrong. The European Court of Justice is the supreme legal authority in our country.

  Boris Johnson

  Country, Justice, Authority

  "EU debate: Boris Johnson says Brexit will be 'Britain's independence day' as Ruth Davidson attacks 'lies' of Leave campaign in front of 6,000-strong Wembley audience" by Michael Wilkinson, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 21, 2016.

• Since January 1993 there have been 27 other countries not in the EU that have done better than the UK at exporting goods into the single market.

  Boris Johnson

  Country, Done, January

  "EU debate: Boris Johnson says Brexit will be 'Britain's independence day' as Ruth Davidson attacks 'lies' of Leave campaign in front of 6,000-strong Wembley audience". BBC One's debate at Wembley Arena, London, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 21, 2016.

• I think it's absolutely amazing and how the Remain side have the cheek to come and tell us that we improve our security by staying in this organisation I do not understand.

  Boris Johnson

  Thinking, Sides, Organisation

  "EU debate: Boris Johnson says Brexit will be 'Britain's independence day' as Ruth Davidson attacks 'lies' of Leave campaign in front of 6,000-strong Wembley audience". BBC One's debate at Wembley Arena, London, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 21, 2016.

• [People] are woefully underestimating this country and what it can achieve.

  Boris Johnson

  Country, People, Underestimate

• We should celebrate immigrants and everything they do for our country.

  Boris Johnson

  Country, Celebrate, Should

  "EU debate: Boris Johnson says Brexit will be 'Britain's independence day' as Ruth Davidson attacks 'lies' of Leave campaign in front of 6,000-strong Wembley audience". www.telegraph.co.uk. June 21, 2016.