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Nigel Lawson


British
March 11, 1932
Politician
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The Treasury has enough trouble with forecasts even when they are trying to get them right.


Nigel Lawson
Tags: Get Them Even
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To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.


Nigel Lawson
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You don't need to be within the single market to trade; it's not an issue.


Nigel Lawson
Tags: You Need Within
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We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.


Nigel Lawson
Tags: Had Enough System
When differences of view emerge, as they are bound to do from time to time, they should be resolved privately and whenever appropriately, collectively.
Nigel Lawson
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There is always, of course, a limit in a democracy as to what is politically possible, so you have to respect that limit. But in my experience, governments tend to be too timid.
Nigel Lawson
Too much of British business and industry feels similarly secure in the warm embrace of the European single market and is failing to recognise that today's great export opportunities lie in the developing world, particularly in Asia.
Nigel Lawson
The heart of the matter is that the very nature of the European Union, and of this country's relationship with it, has fundamentally changed after the coming into being of the European monetary union and the creation of the eurozone, of which - quite rightly - we are not a part.
Nigel Lawson