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Boris Johnson

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I could not fail to disagree with you less.
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2004 winner of the Foot in Mouth Award from the Plain English Campaign, for his comment on the 12 December 2003 edition of Have I Got News For You

 
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A strange gratitude for those I disagree with. They keep me from having to take too seriously the moments when I disagree with myself.

 
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Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed,
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