Daniel Hannan

“To be anti-EU is not to be anti-Europe.”

“The sublime and overarching virtue of patriotism is that it is not coercive. It is based on affection.”

“Brexit is not a disaster. It is a magnificent opportunity.”

“We are leaving a political union; we are not leaving Europe.”

“The essence of democracy is that we consent to be governed by people whom we can hire and fire.”

“Free trade is the most effective anti-poverty program.”

“The EU is the only empire in history that has gone out of its way to punish anyone who tries to leave.”

“Sovereignty is not a slogan. It's the mechanism that makes a democracy democratic.”

“The point of leaving the EU is not to become a kind of mini-China. It's to become a super-Singapore.”

“The whole point of internationalism is to celebrate the differences between nations, not to flatten them.”

“If you want to feel the ebb and flow of history, you have to be a reader.”

“The single market was a political project from the beginning.”

“There are few things more dangerous than a politician who has a theory.”