Top 44 Quotes by Nigel Lawson

About Nigel Lawson

These are some quotes by British author Nigel Lawson Politician, who was born on March 11, 1932.

A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.

A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.

Nigel Lawson

I'm sure Mark Carney is a very clever young man, but I think that the government would be mad to move from inflation targeting to money GDP targeting.

I'm sure Mark Carney is a very clever young man, but I think that the government would be mad to move from inflation targeting to money GDP targeting.

Nigel Lawson

One of the things that concerned me was the way the system operated: the wife who went out to work got a full personal allowance, but the wife who was working at home got nothing. This was particularly hard on wives who gave up work for a time to bring up children.

Nigel Lawson

To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.

To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.

Nigel Lawson

The pro-E.U. campaign is all too likely to be based on a fear of the unknown because in most people's lifetime, we have never been out of the E.U.

The pro-E.U. campaign is all too likely to be based on a fear of the unknown because in most people's lifetime, we have never been out of the E.U.

Nigel Lawson

I have long argued that in the modern world, corporation tax has had its day as a major source of tax revenue.

I have long argued that in the modern world, corporation tax has had its day as a major source of tax revenue.

Nigel Lawson

The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion.

The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion.

Nigel Lawson

We should be forced to give so many exemptions and concessions (inevitably to the benefit of high spending authorities in Inner London) that the flat-rate poll tax would rapidly become a surrogate income tax.

Nigel Lawson

One of the most important things that a Thatcher government did was change the mood of the nation to give it back its confidence.

One of the most important things that a Thatcher government did was change the mood of the nation to give it back its confidence.

Nigel Lawson

Prime Minister Cameron says he wants to be the greenest government ever, but the definition of green is immature... I don't deny for a moment that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, but there are so many other factors that affect climate. It is more complicated than the computer models that we are using. What the truth is, nobody knows.

Nigel Lawson

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