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Liam Fox, a British politician born on September 22, 1961, is a prominent figure in the Conservative Party. He has held several key positions within the party, including serving as the Secretary of State for Defence. Known for his hardline stance, Fox played a crucial role in the Brexit process.

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“You either believe in Europe at any price: in other words we have to be in Europe at any price because you can't survive without it, or you don't. If you don't it tends to suggest there is a price which you are not willing to pay.”

Ifs Believe Pay Willing Europe

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“People realise that his promise [Tony Blair's] to 'save the NHS' was just talk.”

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“We must end the iniquitous multi-taxing of the same money. It is not right to tax people's incomes, then their savings on that income, to tax the movement of assets through capital gains tax, stamp duty and tax them again through inheritance tax if they have the audacity to die.”

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“I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend. Mr Speaker, I am sorry for this. I have apologised to the Prime Minister, to the public, and, at the first opportunity available, to the House.”

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“We are not leaving the EU, we are rejoining the rest of the world.”

World Leaving Rejoining

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“I think it's much harder for anybody who voted Remain to have credibility amongst the voters who voted to leave in terms of leading the country. It's not impossible, but it's much harder.”

Thinking Country Term Impossible Harder Voters Credibility

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“For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters.”

Sides Natural Voters Credibility

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“I'm a very good friend of Stephen Crabb, I had great fun campaigning with Boris Johnson on the winning side, I have great experience working with Theresa May in government on national security. I respect all of them and I hope that's very much the tone.”

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“I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.”

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“I felt it was vital to stress the importance of national security in this debate and the need for a clear path to our exit from the European Union. I hope I have achieved both these objectives.”

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“Ed Balls is like a drunk trying to drink his way out of alcoholism.”

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“The era of nuclear terrorism has arrived.”

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“We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.”

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“But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.”

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“New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known.”

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About the Author

Born: September 22, 1961
Known for: British Politician
Quotes: 15

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