The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
I am, 'Guardian' readers keep telling me, a xenophobe. Never mind that I speak French and Spanish, that I love Europe, that I've lived… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
The complexity of a tax system is every bit as damaging to competitiveness as the overall tax rate. The more convoluted the tax code… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake,… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
“They mean people who speak English and believe in small government, whether in San Francisco, Sligo, or Singapore.” — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
If you vote for candidates who think it's the role of the state to provide health care, don't complain when your hospitals are as… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
“As well as being tailored to the circumstances of the recipient, charity allows the donor to make a moral choice. There is virtue in… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
I am not the Conservative Party's health care spokesman. I'm fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
Progressives and conservatives alike lean, unconsciously, towards particular conclusions, and then scrabble around to rationalise those conclusions to themselves. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money. The country as a whole is now in negative equity. Every… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
After Margaret Thatcher's funeral, I spoke at a tribute meeting organised by her supporters in a pub next to St Paul's. — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
“times. As we lose sight of what the Anglosphere has achieved, we risk losing the institutions that have served to make it what it… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share
