#the

There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#laws #other #repeal #such

Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#angels #answer #charge #govern #man

Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#between #called #century #difference #dining

But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#ancestors #exhilaration #freedom #hands #into

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#been #believe #female #i #i do

It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#hard #hard work #keep #make #promises

If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#blurt #dearest #ever #everybody #get

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

— Boris Johnson

#best #bush #case #enough #good

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

— Boris Johnson

#come #dreadful #ideas #out #people

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#anybody #anymore #anything #certain #enterprise