Jacob Rees-Mogg Quotes

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 24, 1969

If we want to change a law, we can do that in Parliament. That is a democratic right that has often been taken from the E.U.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Not everyone will always agree with me.

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I can't see the point in being in politics if you're not yourself. If you're simply interested in implementing other people's policies, then you should become a civil servant. If you have ideas and some form of ideology, then it's exciting because you can argue forward.

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A nanny, by being the child's doughty defender, may put sensitive noses out of joint.

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It's widely accepted that it is reasonable for a government to use tax policy to change behaviour.

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It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.

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Tony Blair adopted the accent of the audience he was speaking to, which worked very well initially, but then voters began to perceive him as phoney. The 'man of the people' act is the height of condescension.

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I'm of the opinion that one of the perks of being in Parliament is not having to do the school run.

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I went into investments out of interest and thought I knew a little. The longer I've been involved, the less I realise I'd known.

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Employers' national income is a particular disincentive to employ because it is an expense without benefit.

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I was left £50 when I was ten by a fairly distant cousin, which my father invested in GEC shares on my behalf. I became interested in the market and was given some more shares by my father, which is when I began looking to see how the shares were performing and learning how to read company reports, balance sheets, and so on in order to gauge that.

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I'm not a great beer drinker, but I do like Butcombe, probably because it's made of good Somerset water.

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I think, with a negotiation, you have to go in knowing what you want, knowing what your bottom line is, and knowing what you might accept if you're absolutely pushed.

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No one questions the right of individuals to go to the Central Lobby to explain their views to their own Member of Parliament. It is important for those in power to hear arguments in favour of policies from all sides and ought to lead to better decision-making.

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We need to be free to do deals with the rest of the world.

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Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality with official-secrets laws. There are good reasons for these: people need information, and national security deserves secrecy.

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I'm not a moderniser. I accept that things like escalators do need an upgrade every now and then, but I think the fundamental principles of Conservatism have a long thread running through them that does not need to be modernised.

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I like to have one car that I can be certain will go. The thing about classic cars is you can't always assume they will go.

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I would almost certainly vote for Trump if I was American.

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We must be out of the protectionist common external tariff, which mainly protects inefficient E.U. industries at the cost to British consumers.

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