Steve Hilton

“I do not own a cellphone; I do not use a cellphone. I do not have a phone. No. Phone. Not even an old-fashioned dumb one. Nothing.”

“When Corbyn was elected, I found there was a lot to welcome there.”

“Forget about war or disease or poverty. The apocalypse is when America's elected president is no longer supervised by the unelected ruling establishment.”

“Most of the time, I get around perfectly well on my bike and public transportation, even in spite of the Bay Area's almost comically shambolic system.”

“The entire debate around a 'No Deal' Brexit assigns a vastly overstated importance to the role of government in daily life.”

“This is the Trump revolution. Pragmatic. Non-ideological. He approaches issues as a businessman. It's a revolution in ideas and it goes way beyond foreign policy.”

“Any reasonable person looking at the policy results... the substance... the facts would agree that the Trump presidency is one of the most successful in American history.”

“A lot of people are driven by an interest by one particular issue or a small number of specific issues rather than a candidate or a party or something broader.”

“What typically happens in government is the exact opposite of how things should work.”

“Bernie Sanders is a serious person with a lifetime of consistent campaigning on principle.”

“You know, putting power in people's hands was the central idea of the conservative platform. And so, to me, the E.U. was the direct opposite of that, and totally inconsistent.”

“I was on my bike, cycling to Stanford, and it struck me that a week had gone by without my having a phone. And everything was just fine. Better than fine, actually. I felt more relaxed, carefree, happier.”

“I'd love to have Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump together. How amazing would that be?”

“Straight out of college, I worked at the Conservative Party but that was just a couple of years.”

“Abolish the monarchy. That is my populist take.”

“The idea that Donald Trump committed an abuse of power by bringing politics into a foreign relationship is a joke. They all do it. Trump is just more open about it.”

“As I have consistently argued, leaving the E.U. needs to be accompanied by a strong set of pro-enterprise policies to counteract any disruption: cut corporate taxes to make the U.K. an attractive destination for business and investment.”

“One of the central planks of China's stated plan for world domination is their Belt and Road Initiative, which makes countries around the world dependent on China for vital infrastructure.”

“These Wall Street types, they're not exactly the kind of people you want your children turning into. They're really not very smart. They're certainly not thoughtful or kind. They're often poorly-educated, mostly ignorant and always self-interested and greedy.”

“Membership of the E.U. makes Britain literally ungovernable, in the sense that no administration elected by the people can govern the country.”