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Zac Goldsmith Quotes

British - Politician | January 20, 1975 -

I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.

Strong Holidays Make A Difference Go

The two million or so residents who live beneath the Heathrow flight path are accustomed to the noise. However, they are right to feel that any expansion would represent an unacceptable broken promise.

Live Path Broken Feel Flight Right

Yes, Heathrow is the U.K.'s busiest airport, but new runways or a new airport are not the answer. It is far better to focus on improving capacity.

Focus Better New Airport Improving

The 5,000 or so acres of Royal Parks are one of the things that make London special.

Special Royal London Things Parks

'Green' cannot be allowed to become an excuse for stealth taxes. And nor should 'green taxes' be about punishment. Instead, they should represent a switch of emphasis. So if domestic flights are taxed, it should be on the absolute condition that the money is ploughed into improving the alternatives, such as trains.

Money Green Become Punishment Taxes

Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.

Change Politics School Environmental

There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.

Work Good Country Dangerous Belief

Even Karaoke needs higher standards than I can reach, so I have gone great lengths to avoid being bullied into it.

Great Reach I Can Standards Gone

Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.

Trust Policy Politicians Fact Cause

I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.

Politics Think Long You Lose Sight

I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can not be taken at face value. There are very few politicians I have been impressed with.

Experience I Am Value People Face

I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.

Nature Good Book Think Giving Judge

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