Nick Boles Quotes

Nick Boles

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 2, 1965

The choice of whom to vote for in a general election is not only a choice of Prime Minister. It is a choice about the future of our country, the values we want it to stand for, the principles we want it to be governed by.

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We Brits are law abiding folk. We pride ourselves on our natural tendency to form an orderly queue rather than a scrum.

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In politics, no argument is as persuasive as electoral success.

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Through cowardice and complacency, we have stood by while the ordinary dream of owning a home has turned into a nightmare.

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I don't think people change much over 40.

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The capacity to listen, to observe, to weigh up evidence and to change your mind are some of the most important qualities in a leader.

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We should assert our rights under the EEA Treaty to remain a member after Brexit and apply to join EFTA as an associate member for an interim period.

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We can't expect to be re-elected if we have no new story to tell and no new direction.

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I have wanted my party to be guided by liberal instincts, and inspired by progressive goals while also drawing on a deep well of conservative pragmatism and common sense.

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We cannot allow the kangaroo courts of Twitter to destroy people's reputations without a fair process.

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The usual objection to printing money to pay for government spending is that it will unleash inflation. That would be true if the spending being financed were increasing the overall level of demand in the economy, and if markets expected the government to resort to monetary financing as a matter of course.

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Our system of student finance has delivered the chance of a university education to vastly more people than ever before, and made it more likely that disadvantaged young people will be offered the chance to get a degree. But it has some very real flaws, some potentially fatal, that the government ignores at its peril.

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The Scottish aren't embarrassed about their nation, or their flag. Far from it. You can't move in Edinburgh or Glasgow without seeing a blue and white saltire flapping in the wind.But the English ruling classes seem to be embarrassed about Englishness.

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We don't celebrate England, and being English, enough.

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In every city and town let's see the red and white colours of England flying from court houses, police stations, town halls, even churches.

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Like most Sun readers I am intensely proud of being English.

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The government can't, after seven or eight years, say that the policy we had eight years ago is going to be the only policy we can offer to the British public for another eight years.

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Many governments run deficits of that sort of level year on year. So long as you are spending the money on investment, there is a very good prospect that that will generate a return in the economy that enables you to pay the debt down.

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I represent 100,000 people in Parliament. I have roughly 500 members in my local association and roughly 60 people on my executive. I'm afraid I'm going to claim the right to interpret what is in the best interest of the 100,000 people I represent and I'm not going to be bossed around by a very small number of people with very ideological views.

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We need to be vocal in our support of female colleagues who are pressing for a dramatic shift in the culture of Parliament.

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