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> [I think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/i-think-that-the-ordinary-bloke-has-an-instinctive-sense-that-it/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

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## More by Nigel Lawson

> [I was frequently embarrassed by the way Margaret conducted herself within the European Community. Her tactics were counter-productive and damaging to the UK's interests.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/i-was-frequently-embarrassed-by-the-way-margaret-conducted-herself/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/hopelessly-uneconomic-on-any-substantial-scale-since-it-requires-a/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/the-fears-of-recession-in-the-aftermath-of-black-monday-have-turned/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/the-spread-of-personal-ownership-is-in-harmony-with-the-deepest/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/during-the-1960s-and-again-in-the-1970s-growth-in-manufacturing/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [Gradual and moderate warming brings benefits as well as incurring costs. These benefits and costs will not, of course, be felt uniformly throughout the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/gradual-and-moderate-warming-brings-benefits-as-well-as-incurring/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/nothing-could-be-further-from-the-truth-than-the-claim-that-we-have-a/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/we-already-have-a-sabbatical-system-it-s-called-opposition-and-i-ve/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/to-govern-is-to-choose-to-appear-to-be-unable-to-choose-is-to-appear/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [Not only is the Kyoto approach to global warming wrong-headed, the climate change establishment's suppression of dissent and criticism is little short of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/not-only-is-the-kyoto-approach-to-global-warming-wrong-headed-the/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/in-europe-where-climate-change-absolutism-is-at-its-strongest-the/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [It is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/it-is-quite-clear-that-history-will-record-that-margaret-thatcher-was/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [There has always been, and there always will be, an economic cycle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/there-has-always-been-and-there-always-will-be-an-economic-cycle/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [If I really believed in Friedman's economic theory, then I'd be quite satisfied to spend the rest of my life with a garden hose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/if-i-really-believed-in-friedman-s-economic-theory-then-i-d-be-quite/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

> [I think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-lawson/i-think-that-the-ordinary-bloke-has-an-instinctive-sense-that-it/)

[Nigel Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-lawson/)

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