Nigel Farage Quotes

Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what they can and can't do.

- Nigel Farage

Run, Through, Tell, Greeks

The people who get up earliest in the morning have the highest propensity to vote UKIP. I'm being absolutely serious about that.

- Nigel Farage

People, About, Being, Propensity

But there's certainly only one thing I could never agree with George Galloway on. He's a teetotaller and wants to close all the bars in the House of Commons. That is just not on.

- Nigel Farage

Could, One Thing, Certainly, Bars

Let's get real: would any American president seriously open up their borders unconditionally to Mexico as the U.K. has done to the whole of the E.U.? No chance.

- Nigel Farage

Chance, Borders, No Chance, Mexico

The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed.

- Nigel Farage

Bad, Rather, Caused, Banking

I'd love to tell you that everyone who voted Brexit felt like me about the country, about the Union Jack and the cricket team. But I don't think that there's as much romanticism in it, perhaps, as people think.

- Nigel Farage

Love, Country, Tell, Romanticism

When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.

- Nigel Farage

Been, Sure, Anybody, EU

It's about mass immigration at a time when 21% of young people can't find work. It's about giving £50 million a day to the EU when the public finances are under great strain.

- Nigel Farage

Young, Mass, About, EU

We have a Conservative leader that believes in green taxes, that won't bring back grammar schools, that believes in continuing with total open-door migration from eastern Europe and refuses to give us a referendum on the EU.

- Nigel Farage

Leader, Conservative, Give, EU

It's the FSA and its plethora of EU bodies that's failed.

- Nigel Farage

Failed, Bodies, EU

I have to confess I do have a slight preference. I do think, naturally, that people from India and Australia are in some ways more likely to speak English, understand common law, and have a connection with this country than some people that come perhaps from countries that haven't fully recovered from being behind the Iron Curtain.

- Nigel Farage

Behind, Country, Some, Recovered

This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and widens further still the democratic deficit.

- Nigel Farage

Thoughts, Nothing, Still, Aspirations

Whilst there are problems with Article 50, it is the statement of intent that is important.

- Nigel Farage

Important, Intent, Statement, Whilst

It's a two-way street: breastfeeding women should never be embarrassed by staff asking them to stop, and most mums will recognise the need to be discreet in certain limited circumstances.

- Nigel Farage

Circumstances, Asking, Will, Two-Way

Brexit was the first brick that was knocked out of the establishment wall.

- Nigel Farage

Knocked, Wall, Establishment, Brick

When I'm finished with politics, I'll have a richer life. I'd like to go to the theatre.

- Nigel Farage

Politics, Theatre, Like, Richer

All marriages, all relationships have huge ups and downs.

- Nigel Farage

Relationships, Marriages, Ups

I want us to move as quickly as we can towards a free trade deal between the U.K. and the U.S.A. that would be good for both of us. That would also send a signal to the European Union that there's a bigger world outside of the European Union, and Britain can manage just nicely.

- Nigel Farage

Deal, Nicely, Britain, Signal

Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.

- Nigel Farage

Alcohol, Bad, Idea, Bad Idea

I'm the catalyst for the downfall of the Blairites, the Clintonites, the Bushites, and all these dreadful people who work hand in glove with Goldman Sachs and everybody else, have made themselves rich, and ruined our countries. I couldn't be happier.

- Nigel Farage

Downfall, Glove, Everybody, Ruined

If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom.

- Nigel Farage

Will, Idea, Part, Sensible

How can any government arrange sensible healthcare provision for citizens when the migratory flow is so large, with absolutely no power or control over the quantity coming in every year?

- Nigel Farage

Quantity, Over, Large, Sensible

Donald Trump believes in nation-state democracy; Hillary Clinton used the E.U. as a prototype for a larger global union. Donald Trump believes in sensible immigration controls.

- Nigel Farage

Trump, Larger, Donald, Sensible

Building walls is entirely sensible. We don't need to do it. We have got the English Channel.

- Nigel Farage

Walls, Need, English, Sensible

UKIP's success would never have happened without the invention of YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

- Nigel Farage

YouTube, Never, Twitter, Invention

It's hardly a radical idea to suggest that regulators and legislators understand the law now, is it?

- Nigel Farage

Law, Idea, Radical, Legislators

UKIP believe that immigration can be an extremely positive thing. But it has to be controlled.

- Nigel Farage

Immigration, Controlled, Positive Thing

I like to think I've changed the centre of gravity on lots of national debates.

- Nigel Farage

Think, Like, Lots, Debates

Puppet Papademos is in place, and as Athens caught fire on Sunday night he rather took my breath away - he said violence and destruction have no place in a democratic country.

- Nigel Farage

Country, Caught, Took, Puppet

Normally, when New York catches a cold, London sneezes.

- Nigel Farage

New York, London, New, Normally

The great skill of investment is to know when the right time is to get out. Getting in's easy.

- Nigel Farage

Great, Investment, Right, Right Time

Though I've never been a supporter of big government, the reclamation of our fisheries, which, done correctly, would be worth several billion pounds a year, should be a cabinet position with its own department.

- Nigel Farage

Big, Year, Been, Department

I have invested the best part of my adult political life in helping to try to build up this movement and I am far from perfect but I do think I am able, through the media, to deliver a good, simple, understandable message.

- Nigel Farage

Perfect, Through, Helping, Best Part

It's about businesses nervous about taking on school leavers because of a mass of red tape. It's about health and safety regulations and green fines.

- Nigel Farage

Green, Red Tape, Mass, Businesses

I spent 17 years inside an institution trying to effectively destroy it; can you imagine how popular I am in Brussels? I am the most hated figure that's ever been in that place. Every time I get up to speak, hundreds of people boo and jeer.

- Nigel Farage

Inside, Been, Boo, Every Time

British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.

- Nigel Farage

Rest, Telling, Chancellor, Appalling

Potentially, I would be very interested in being a shock jock, though Ofcom might be tricky. Some of the American stuff is appalling, wild stuff, crazy conspiracy theories.

- Nigel Farage

Some, Very, Though, Appalling

We can't completely isolate ourselves from international terrorism and the problem the world faces.

- Nigel Farage

World, Problem, Isolate, International

The Leave side can only win if we have an effective ground campaign comprising of activists from across the political spectrum working together.

- Nigel Farage

Political, Effective, Side, Activists

For seven years, I had a business relationship in Milan, Milano. Dealing with Italians, just, let me tell you... Are we the same? Good lord, no! That's why Europe's fun - it's fun because it's different. A political project that seeks to make it all the same - it's ghastly.

- Nigel Farage

Seven, Tell, Lord, Good Lord

No one did more singlehandedly to smash the BNP in Britain than me.

- Nigel Farage

More, Than, Britain, Smash

I've always been the outsider. I've always been regarded as some extraordinarily dangerous figure. I'm none of those things! I'm just a middle-class boy from Kent who likes cricket and who happened to have a strong view about a supernational government from Brussels.

- Nigel Farage

Strong, Some, Been, Extraordinarily

Before, Europe was about treaties, laws and our sovereign right to govern ourselves. Now, it's about everyday lives.

- Nigel Farage

Laws, Everyday Lives, Lives, Sovereign

In some ways, backing the Trump campaign was even harder than battling for Brexit. I received almost total condemnation, including from many senior figures in my own party.

- Nigel Farage

Some, Trump, Battling, Backing

However imperfect Donald Trump may be, -and, my goodness, he is - his mother was Scottish; he owns Turnberry. He spends a lot of time in our country - he loves our country, what we stand for, and our culture.

- Nigel Farage

Country, However, Donald, None

If you take away people's identity and their ability through the ballot box to determine their future, don't be surprised if they turn to extremes or violence or anything else.

- Nigel Farage

Through, Away, Ballot, Ballot Box

The Corbynista brand of politics representing metropolitan, middle class, pro-open border values is far removed from millions of Labour voters, especially those who voted Leave in the referendum.

- Nigel Farage

Politics, Middle, Border, Middle Class

I can't think of a single example of two mature democracies going to war with each other in the 20th century. It's where there was an absence of democracy and a breakdown of democracy that we finish up with these wars.

- Nigel Farage

Think, Mature, Other, 20th Century

I think the employer should be much freer to make decisions on who she or he employs.

- Nigel Farage

Think, She, I Think, Freer

I have been unsure, from the start, what the Occupy movement was all about, although I did suspect that it was just fatuous, anti-enterprise, left-wingery.

- Nigel Farage

Been, Unsure, Occupy, Suspect

How can you compare my life to any other MEP? I mean, come on, it's crackers, isn't it? Look, other MEPs do five days a week in Brussels and pop home for weekends. I'm working seven bloody days a week, all the hours God sends. If you include the socialising, it's over 100 hours a week.

- Nigel Farage

My Life, Other, Compare, Bloody

There are a lot of great people in UKIP.

- Nigel Farage

Great, People, Lot, Great People

Only by working together, as a broad coalition, can the Leave side win.

- Nigel Farage

Leave, Only, Side, Working Together

I did not endorse Trump, because I had condemned President Obama for telling us what to do in our referendum. But I did say that if I was a U.S. citizen, I would not vote for Hillary Clinton even if she paid me.

- Nigel Farage

Trump, Telling, Obama, Vote

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

- Nigel Farage

Politics, Giving Up, Not Giving Up

I think NATO needs to redefine itself. There has been no substantial thought about what NATO is for since the Berlin Wall came down.

- Nigel Farage

Think, Needs, Been, NATO

Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.

- Nigel Farage

More, Level, Well Known, Integration

I believe I can lead this party from the front as a campaigning organization.

- Nigel Farage

Believe, Organization, Front, Campaigning

Do we look horrendous when people don't work together? Oh, God, yes. If the leave campaign is not prepared to show that it's big enough and ugly enough to put aside party differences in the interests of this great cause, then it has a great problem.

- Nigel Farage

Big, Prepared, Oh God, Horrendous

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth.

- Nigel Farage

Failure, Low, European, European Union

Whatever threats Remain may continue to fire at us, they cannot answer the simple and most basic proposition: that only by leaving the European Union can we control the numbers coming to our country.

- Nigel Farage

Country, May, Remain, European Union

My vision is to put this country and the British people first and for us to divorce ourselves from political union and re-engage with the rest of the world.

- Nigel Farage

Rest, Political, Country, Divorce

I have become increasingly used to the Tory party mimicking our policies and phrases in a desperate effort to pretend to their members they are still Eurosceptic.

- Nigel Farage

Still, Increasingly, Members

Hopefully, through all aspects of life, you learn from things you've got right, things you've got wrong, but I'm not one for looking back. I'm looking ahead; you've got to.

- Nigel Farage

Looking Back, Learn, Through, Hopefully

The referendum was clear: the British people voted to leave the single market and to take back control of our borders.

- Nigel Farage

Clear, Borders, Voted, British People

I have made comments in favour of British people getting jobs over and above those from southern eastern Europe.

- Nigel Farage

Over, Southern, Eastern, British People

If you poke the Russian bear with a stick ,he will respond.

- Nigel Farage

Will, Bear, Russian, Respond

When an Occupy demo in the centre of Frankfurt makes world news, I shall hurry to join in.

- Nigel Farage

World, News, Occupy, Demo

We used to fight for democracy. Democracy used to matter. We now treat it with contempt. We have turned our backs on values that we built up over hundreds of years, for the benefit of politicians in Europe. To me, that is heartbreaking.

- Nigel Farage

Treat, Over, Heartbreaking, Hundreds

It's a great shame that the head of our established church is not actually prepared to stand up and fight for our Christian culture in this country.

- Nigel Farage

Shame, Country, Established, Stand Up

If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.

- Nigel Farage

Citizen, Been, Greek, Monstrosity

I suppose, being in politics, it wasn't a job - it was almost a calling. It dominated my life, so I do think that probably a lot of people around me have paid quite a big price for that.

- Nigel Farage

Politics, My Life, Think, Dominated

That Obama creature - loathsome individual - he couldn't stand our country.

- Nigel Farage

Country, Individual, Obama, Creature

I can distinctly remember being the only boy in my class whose parents had separated.

- Nigel Farage

Boy, Had, Being, Separated

There are millions out there who aren't getting an even break. They're being done down.

- Nigel Farage

Done, Break, Being, Being Done

Saying you don't want to enter every potential war in the Middle East doesn't make you an isolationist; it makes you wise.

- Nigel Farage

Want, Middle, Makes, Enter

Maybe this will be the beginning of a trend? Flat taxes, cutting foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, grammar schools. Who knows?

- Nigel Farage

Beginning, Will, Foreign Aid, Europe

I love Europe! France is wonderful. It should be. We've subsidised it for 40 years.

- Nigel Farage

Love, Should, I Love, Europe

My desperation for UKIP to do well meant that I really packed the diary and the day in a way that, frankly, wasn't very bright.

- Nigel Farage

Bright, Very, Meant, Packed

The E.U. referendum was promised by a Conservative Prime Minister fearful of losing votes and of mass defections to UKIP.

- Nigel Farage

Conservative, Prime, Mass, Fearful

I'm not for laws. We need a minimum of laws.

- Nigel Farage

Need, Laws, Minimum

Having established that good ideas do indeed come in from the cold, start on the fringes and become mainstream, can we make any predictions about what the next move will be?

- Nigel Farage

Next, Move, Established, Mainstream

I'm not for sale.

- Nigel Farage

Sale

I think that, given that some people feel very embarrassed by it, it isn't too difficult to breastfeed a baby in a way that's not openly ostentatious.

- Nigel Farage

Think, Some, Given, Some People

Quite simply, without UKIP, there would not have been a referendum. I am convinced that the 'we want our country back, we want our borders back' message that we took across the country on an open-top double decker energised non-voters to back Brexit.

- Nigel Farage

Country, Been, Borders, Simply

We must break up the eurozone. We must set those Mediterranean countries free.

- Nigel Farage

Break, Set, Eurozone, Mediterranean

I just say it as I see it, behave as I do. If people don't like it, they can take a running jump.

- Nigel Farage

Say, Like, I See, Jump

Either you support the existing global elite, or you want real change and believe in nation-state democracy.

- Nigel Farage

Want, Either, Existing, Elite

There is no Left and Right any more. Left and Right is irrelevant... We need big change. We've got to get back control of our country.

- Nigel Farage

Big, Country, Big Change, Irrelevant

We shouldn't measure everything in terms of GDP figures or economics. There is something called quality of life.

- Nigel Farage

Measure, Economics, Terms, GDP

For whatever reason, Trump likes my story, likes what I've done. He trusts me.

- Nigel Farage

Reason, Trump, Trusts, Likes

The only people to whom myself and the immigration issue is toxic are to the well-heeled committed Remain voters, the sort of people who live in the Hannan and Carswell world.

- Nigel Farage

Immigration, Toxic, Issue, Whom

People in business tend to have an instinctive reaction to people.

- Nigel Farage

Business, Reaction, Tend, Instinctive

I don't drive smart cars; I don't go on fancy holidays. All my money has gone on my kids' education.

- Nigel Farage

Education, Fancy, Go, Kids

I've stood down as UKIP leader. I'm not responsible for these people anymore.

- Nigel Farage

Leader, Responsible, Stood, Anymore

Virtually every aspect of our commercial lives have been given away to be run by European project over which we had so little say.

- Nigel Farage

Over, Which, Given, Virtually

I can be impatient. I can be a bit short sometimes. You're nearly always shortest with those who are most important to you.

- Nigel Farage

Sometimes, Always, Impatient, Shortest

Whatever my faults, I have some principles.

- Nigel Farage

Principles, Whatever, Some, Faults

Although I never wanted Theresa May to be our Prime Minister, I had been prepared to give her the benefit of the doubt.

- Nigel Farage

Give, Been, Prime, Benefit

I think frankly when it comes to chaos you ain't seen nothing yet.

- Nigel Farage

Chaos, Think, I Think, Frankly

I have known several of the Trump team for years, and I am in a good position with the President-elect's support to help.

- Nigel Farage

Team, Trump, Several, Position

I'm quite good at bringing people together.

- Nigel Farage

Good, People, Quite, Bringing

The real question is, at the end of the day, do we want to run our country? Are we proud of who we are? Are we happy to be just a star on somebody else's flag, or do we want to be an independent nation?

- Nigel Farage

Proud, Country, Flag, Somebody

There is a debate in Ukip as to how strong we should be on the immigration issue. I personally think we should own it.

- Nigel Farage

Think, Debate, How, Personally

I judge everybody on the Farage Test. Number one, would I employ them? Number two, would I go for a drink with them?

- Nigel Farage

Test, Everybody, Employ, Judge

I believe that the ability to talk to people and have them feeling engaged rather than patronised isn't something you can learn. It's a bit like being able to sing or play cricket. You can either do it, or you can't.

- Nigel Farage

Play, Rather, Engaged, Sing

Brexit is the best thing to happen for Russia, for America, for Germany, and for democracy.

- Nigel Farage

Best, Happen, Germany, Russia

I've got to see the Brexit process through. we won the war, but we must win the peace.

- Nigel Farage

Process, Through, See, Won

There are little games that go on in politics.

- Nigel Farage

Politics, Go, Little, Games

My opponents are the people who gave up our borders.

- Nigel Farage

Borders, Up, Gave, Opponents

There are two completely different Britains. There's London, and there's the rest of Britain. Attitudes are very different.

- Nigel Farage

Rest, London, Very, Britain

The great and the good will decide what is good for us and make sure that we get what is good for us, good and hard.

- Nigel Farage

Will, Get, Sure, Decide

When you get back control of your country, you get proper democracy. You get back proper debate.

- Nigel Farage

Debate, Country, Get, Democracy

Brexit will happen.

- Nigel Farage

Will, Happen, Brexit

Will I ever forgive the British media for what they've done to me? No.

- Nigel Farage

Forgive, Will, Ever, British

I go to bed very late and get up very early. If I get five hours, I am very happy.

- Nigel Farage

Bed, Hours, Very, Late

I have no regrets about being poor.

- Nigel Farage

Regrets, Poor, About, No Regrets

I think I am quite a good listener.

- Nigel Farage

I Am, Think, I Think, Listener

Post-Brexit, we got a chance to start all over again with a president in Trump, who is Anglophile. He is pro-British. He knows the things we've shared together over the years - the good and the bad.

- Nigel Farage

Chance, Over, Shared, Trump

I hate big government; I hate being told what to do on a personal basis.

- Nigel Farage

Hate, Government, Big, Basis

Predictions are a mug's game.

- Nigel Farage

Game, Mug, Predictions

We've been very lucky to have UKIP in the U.K. If we hadn't been here, the BNP would be doing very well.

- Nigel Farage

Here, Been, Very, Lucky

I don't look back at anything. I look forwards.

- Nigel Farage

Look, Back, Anything, Forwards

We have good and bad archbishops.

- Nigel Farage

Good, Bad, Good And Bad

It's amazing how ideas start out, isn't it?

- Nigel Farage

Ideas, Start, How, Amazing

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