William Rees-Mogg
government banker auditor lie gold truth
"Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
treasury economy wrong
"The Treasury model of the economy has been pretty well wrong on everything for many years."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
people ignore rules regulations deter
"If people ignore the rules already, new regulations are not likely to deter them."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
freedom distrust government benefit incumbent adminidtration
"Freedom rests on a rational distrust of government; government will always use its power to benefit the incumbent administration."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
government control information propaganda secrecy
"Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality with official-secrets laws. There are good reasons for these: people need information, and national security deserves secrecy."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
judge people actions words
"You've got to judge people, ultimately, by their actions rather than their words."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
women burka defend minority tyranny majority
"Electorally, the number of women who want to wear a burka is insignificant, yet it is important to defend such a minority against the tyranny of the majority."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
world end last group predict right wrong public policy
"Perhaps one day the world will end, giving the last group to predict it the satisfaction of being right - but as many have been wrong so far, it does not seem wise to make public policy on the back of these fears."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
press freedom scandal-mongering reveal wrongdoing
"Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a means of revealing wrongdoing."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
EU backward-looking economic model 20th century
"The E.U. is a backward-looking project based on an economic model of the 20th century."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)