Norman Lamont Quotes

#1. John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative!

David Miliband

#2. The politician's prayer is: May my words be ever soft and low, for I may have to eat them.

Norman Lamont

#3. The green shoots of economic spring are appearing once again.

Norman Lamont

#4. What is the right exchange rate at one point is not necessarily the right exchange rate at another.

Norman Lamont

#5. If higher unemployment is the price we have to pay in order to bring inflation down, then it is a price worth paying.

Norman Lamont

#6. The San Gabriel monument expands our natural heritage, but there is more in need of safeguarding - extraordinary places like Utah's Greater Canyonlands.

Frances Beinecke

#7. Time is limited and some opportunities never repeat themselves.

Belle De Jour

#8. There is no law governing all things.

Giordano Bruno

#9. Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we have had to pay to get inflation down. That price is well worth paying.

Norman Lamont

#10. He's a good, brave and honourable soldier.

Norman Lamont

#11. I always want to try new things, and 'Mean Machine' has given me that chance. I have got plans to carry on acting and would love to play all sorts of roles - you'll see that there's more strings to my bow!

Vinnie Jones

#12. Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression.

Margaret Thatcher