Boris Johnson

That is the best case for Bush; that, among other things, he liberated Iraq. It is good enough for me.

The Daily Telegraph 26 February 2004, 2004

The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.

"What's wrong with 40 Liverpool Road?", The Daily Telegraph, 18 September 2003, p. 24., 2003

I am not by any means an ultra-Eurosceptic. In some ways, I am a bit of a fan of the European Union. If we did not have one, we would invent something like it—some means of association between the sovereign states of Europe, perhaps an organisation in Brussels—overnight.

From his contribution during a debate (21 May 2003) on the "European Union (Accessions) Bill" Hansard HC vol 405 cc. 1021-1121, 1080, 1082, 2003

I forgot that to rely on a train, in Blair's Britain, is to engage in a crapshoot with the devil.

"A horse is a safer bet than the trains", The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 2003, p. 22., 2003

I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.

Ephraim Hardcastle, Daily Mail, 22 July 2003, p. 13., 2003

The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.

"The least said about Lib Dems, the better", The Daily Telegraph, 25 September 2003, p. 24., 2003

We are confident in our story and will be fighting this all the way. I am very sorry that Alastair Campbell has taken this decision but I can see that he got his tits in the wringer.

Catherine Macleod, "Angry Blair takes on press", The Herald (Glasgow), 24 April 2002, p. 1., 2002

I don't see why people are so snooty about Channel 5. It has some respectable documentaries about the Second World War. It also devotes considerable airtime to investigations into lap dancing, and other related and vital subjects.

"What has the BBC come to? Toilets, that's what", The Daily Telegraph (14 March 2002), p. 29., 2002

Ok, I said to myself as I sighted the bird down the end of the gun. This time, my fine feathered friend, there is no escape.

Friends, Voters, Countrymen p. 59., 2001

Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening.

"No one obeys the speed limit except a motorised rickshaw", The Daily Telegraph, 12 July 2001, p. 27., 2001

Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.

"A wise guy playing the fool to win", The Sunday Times (16 July 2000), p. 17., 2000

On the other hand we don’t want our children being taught some rubbish about homosexual marriage being the same as normal marriage and that is why I am more than happy to support Section 28 ...

"The Dome is wonderful: it explains Blair's vacuity" The Daily Telegraph (27 January 2000), p. 28, 2000

Labour's appalling agenda, encouraging the teaching of homosexuality in schools, and all the rest of it.

The Spectator (15 April 2000), 2000

Something must be found, first, to restore women's desire to be married. That means addressing the feebleness of the modern Briton, his reluctance or inability to take control of his woman and be head of a household.

"The male sex is to blame for the appalling proliferation of single mothers" The Spectator (19 August 1995)., 1995

The tragedy of the stooge is that even if he thinks this through, he wants so much to believe that his relationship with the candidate is special that he shuts out the truth. The terrible art of the candidate is to coddle the self-deception of the stooge.

From an essay entitled "Politics" on his campaign for the presidency, published in 1988 in The Oxford Myth (Weidenfeld & Nicholson), a book edited by Rachel Johnson, his sister, as quoted in Andrew Gimson Boris: The Adventures of Boris Johnson London: Simon & Schuster (2012 edition), p. 91, 1988