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

--

Source : Nigel Lawson (1992). “The View from No. 11: Memoirs of a Tory Radical”

Nigel Lawson

#Government Quotes

“I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist.”
“There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors. But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.”
“Quotations are feeble; you always regret making them.”

Source : Dorothy Miller Richardson (1967). “Pilgrimage”
“We think about mortality so little, these days, except to flail hysterically at it with trendy forms of exercise and high-fiber cereals and nicotine patches.”
“The great Pacific Railway is commenced... Immigration will soon pour into these valleys. Ten millions of emigrants will settle in this golden land in twenty years... This is the grandest enterprise under God!”
“Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us, don't take us for granted!”
“All children need a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, Dads, Grannies and Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles - someone to hold them, read to them, teach them. Loved ones who will embrace them and pass on the experience, rituals and knowledge of a hundred previous generations. Loved ones who will pass to the next generation their expectations of them, their hopes, and their dreams.”
“The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked.”

You may also like:

Charles Saatchi
Art collector
Dominic Lawson
Journalist
Geoffrey Howe
British Politician
John Diamond
Journalist
John Major
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Nigella Lawson
Journalist
Norman Lamont
British Politician
Norman Tebbit
British Politician