Quotes by Zac Goldsmith

About Zac Goldsmith:

Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith is a British Conservative politician and journalist who, since 2010, has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park.
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I do not organize my private life with an eye to my career.

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Sense About Science is much more than an innocent fact-checking service. It is a spin-off of a bizarre political network that began life as the ultra-left Revolutionary Communist Party and switched over to extreme corporate libertarianism when it lau...

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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.

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In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.

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

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'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 ...

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A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power.

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Some of the world's most appalling abuses have been justified by religion because it is possible for people to find vindication in their scriptures for any of their prejudices.

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More passengers fly in and out of London than any other city in the world. We are well-connected, we have ample capacity, and we are starting from a position of strength. The problem is that we don't use that capacity well.

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Of all the waste we generate, plastic bags are perhaps the greatest symbol of our throwaway society. They are used, then forgotten, and they leave a terrible legacy.

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

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I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.

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Green policy is about triggering a shift to a cleaner way of doing things. To be effective, it needs to incentivise the right behaviour, for example through tax breaks, and that needs to be paid for by disincentives on polluting behaviour.

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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. The...

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More than half the world's largest 100 economies are corporations. They have no loyalties to place or citizens.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.

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If we want to preserve Heathrow's hub status, we need to stop clogging it up with point-to-point flights to places such as Cyprus and Greece, which between them account for 87 weekly flights, and contribute nothing to overall connectivity.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameZac Goldsmith
  • DescriptionBritish politician
  • AliasesFrank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith
  • BornJanuary 20, 1975
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician