But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors. — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
It's not reasonable for companies that have chief executives and board members who are paid very considerable sums to subsidise low pay through in-work… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
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… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
One thing you have got to do politically is to identify the ties that bind society together and try to strengthen them. — Boris Johnson Copy Share
If we get outside the EU, if we leave the EU system, we will be relieved of a huge amount of unnecessary regulation that… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
I'm afraid Sadiq Khan is completely wrong. The European Court of Justice is the supreme legal authority in our country. — Boris Johnson Copy Share
I would ban sweets from school - but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much — Boris Johnson Copy Share
As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister — Boris Johnson Copy Share
He is the resounding human rebuttal to all Marxist historians who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces. The point… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
I believe in immigration. But I feel people think it would be better if there was an Australian-style points based system so we could… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world. — Boris Johnson Copy Share
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.… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
Churchill decides from very early on that he will create a political position that is somehow above left and right, embodying the best points… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
“My hero is the mayor in Jaws . He's a fantastic guy, and he keeps the beaches open, if you remember, even after it's… — Boris Johnson Copy Share
Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity. — Boris Johnson Copy Share
