--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Boris Johnson" description: "10 Want quotes by Boris Johnson. Plus more from Boris Johnson and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/boris-johnson-2701_office_i-want-to-win-and-i-want-to-be-in-office_1157100.jpg" --- > [I want to win and I want to be in office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-want-to-win-and-i-want-to-be-in-office/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/boris-johnson-2701_office_i-want-to-win-and-i-want-to-be-in-office_1157100.jpg) > [I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-want-london-to-be-a-competitive-dynamic-place-to-come-to-work/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/boris-johnson-2701_come_i-want-london-to-be-a-competitive-dynami_2845194.jpg) > [Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/times-have-been-tough-the-economy-has-been-tough-but-i-want-to-bring/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/boris-johnson-2701_been_times-have-been-tough-the-economy-has-be_2812676.jpg) > [I want you to know that I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-want-you-to-know-that-i-have-nothing-against-orlando-though-you-are/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/boris-johnson-2701_i-want-you_i-want-you-to-know-that-i-have-nothing-a_848758.jpg) > [I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-m-no-communist-i-m-a-tax-cutting-conservative-but-i-want-a/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/boris-johnson-2701_capitalism_i-m-no-communist-i-m-a-tax-cutting-conse_2907847.jpg) > [But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/but-if-people-want-to-swim-in-the-thames-if-they-want-to-take-their/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/boris-johnson-2701_able_but-if-people-want-to-swim-in-the-thames_1712780.jpg) > [We need to look at our nannying, mollycoddled, politically correct culture in my view, which stops kids from going out and playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/we-need-to-look-at-our-nannying-mollycoddled-politically-correct/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/boris-johnson-2701_analysis_we-need-to-look-at-our-nannying-mollycod_1676230.jpg) > [I want to offer particular congratulations to Andrea Leadsom on her stunning achievement. She is now well placed to win and replace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-want-to-offer-particular-congratulations-to-andrea-leadsom-on-her/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/boris-johnson-2701_absurd_i-want-to-offer-particular-congratulatio_1570515.jpg) > [In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/in-1904-20-per-cent-of-journeys-were-made-by-bicycle-in-london-i-want/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/boris-johnson-2701_bicycle_in-1904-20-per-cent-of-journeys-were-mad_427366.jpg) > [My point is that this Potter business has legs. It will run and run, and we must be utterly mad, as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/my-point-is-that-this-potter-business-has-legs-it-will-run-and-run/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/boris-johnson-2701_appeals_my-point-is-that-this-potter-business-ha_901507.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Boris Johnson > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/it-s-not-reasonable-for-companies-that-have-chief-executives-and/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/the-difference-between-hitler-s-speeches-and-churchill-s-speeches-was/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [One thing you have got to do politically is to identify the ties that bind society together and try to strengthen them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/one-thing-you-have-got-to-do-politically-is-to-identify-the-ties-that/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [If we get outside the EU, if we leave the EU system, we will be relieved of a huge amount of unnecessary regulation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/if-we-get-outside-the-eu-if-we-leave-the-eu-system-we-will-be/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [I'm afraid Sadiq Khan is completely wrong. The European Court of Justice is the supreme legal authority in our country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-m-afraid-sadiq-khan-is-completely-wrong-the-european-court-of/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [I would ban sweets from school - but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-would-ban-sweets-from-school-but-this-pressure-to-bring-in-healthy/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/as-a-scot-gordon-brown-will-find-it-hard-to-convince-people-in/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [He is the resounding human rebuttal to all Marxist historians who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces. The point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/he-is-the-resounding-human-rebuttal-to-all-marxist-historians-who/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-believe-in-immigration-but-i-feel-people-think-it-would-be-better/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/the-next-tory-leader-would-have-to-unify-his-party-and-ensure-that/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/this-is-not-a-time-to-quail-it-is-not-a-crisis-nor-should-we-see-it/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [Churchill decides from very early on that he will create a political position that is somehow above left and right, embodying the best points…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/churchill-decides-from-very-early-on-that-he-will-create-a-political/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/it-is-just-flipping-unbelievable-he-is-a-mixture-of-harry-houdini-and/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/my-hero-is-the-mayor-in-jaws-he-s-a-fantastic-guy-and-he-keeps-the/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) > [Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/hitler-showed-the-evil-that-could-be-done-by-the-art-of-rhetoric/) [Boris Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/boris-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Boris Johnson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to win and I want to be in office.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Boris Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-want-to-win-and-i-want-to-be-in-office/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/boris-johnson-2701_office_i-want-to-win-and-i-want-to-be-in-office_1157100.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/boris-johnson-2701_office_i-want-to-win-and-i-want-to-be-in-office_1157100.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/boris-johnson-2701_office_i-want-to-win-and-i-want-to-be-in-office_1157100.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to win and I want to be in office.” — Boris Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Boris Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-johnson/i-want-london-to-be-a-competitive-dynamic-place-to-come-to-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/boris-johnson-2701_come_i-want-london-to-be-a-competitive-dynami_2845194.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/boris-johnson-2701_come_i-want-london-to-be-a-competitive-dynami_2845194.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/boris-johnson-2701_come_i-want-london-to-be-a-competitive-dynami_2845194.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.” — Boris Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. 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