Quotes About David Cameron

#1. John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative!

David Miliband

#2. David Cameron was a good-looking chap in his day!

Douglas Booth

#3. We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.

Theresa May

#4. I was encouraged to stand for Parliament by David Cameron, and he has given me the opportunity to serve in what I believe is a great, reforming government. I think he is an outstanding Prime Minister.

Michael Gove

#5. There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.

Frances O'Grady

#6. David Cameron's message of change, optimism and hope is in tune with what Britain wants today

Francis Maude

#7. Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.

Polly Toynbee

#8. David Cameron has already said, and I have said, that a Conservative government would be giving the security agencies and law enforcement agencies the powers that they need to ensure that they are keeping up to date as people communicate with data.

Theresa May

#9. We are all socialists now, it seems. John McCain, David Cameron and Gordon Brown attack bankers' irresponsible behaviour and salaries, and call for state intervention in the financial markets. But these calls will not get them elected or re-elected if they are addressed only to the banking sector.

Noreena Hertz

#10. David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile.

Douglas Alexander

#11. The choices politicians make must be based on values - not an arbitrary, axe-wielding approach to public spending or a dismal exchange between Gordon Brown and David Cameron about percentages that sounds like an argument between different book-keepers.

Nick Clegg

#12. I was initially rather charmed by David Cameron, but I think he's revealing himself to be a slightly darker and less charismatic figure than he first appeared. There's a brutality about him.

Peter Capaldi

#13. It was quite an honour when 'New Woman' magazine voted me 88th sexiest man in the world. I think I was one in front of David Cameron.

Robert Webb

#14. I believe whoever the Labour Party chooses to replace Tony Blair will beat David Cameron.

David Blunkett

#15. I like David Cameron. He has had a couple of rough statements, but that's okay, I think David Cameron's a good man.

Donald Trump

#16. When I was in Downing Street, David Cameron saw me and said, "Please, shout it all around and let it penetrate to my cabinet meeting." So I bellowed: "Gordon's alive!"

Brian Blessed

#17. I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

Boris Johnson

#18. David Cameron was wrong on this [Brexit]. He didn't get the mood of his country right. He was very surprised to see what happened.

Donald Trump

#19. President Obama hosted a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron. The president and the British are getting along a lot better lately. They love to compare notes on ways the Tea Party's always trying to overthrow their rule in America.

Argus Hamilton

#20. David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.

Douglas Alexander

#21. The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

David Miliband

#22. Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs should not be voting on their own pay.

Theresa May

#23. David Cameron can change the branding of the party, but he can't change the beliefs.

Douglas Alexander

#24. I'd be happy to have regular face-to-face meetings at Downing Street with David Cameron to argue the case for alternative economic policies.

Frances O'Grady

#25. My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich.

Keith O'Brien

#26. I would be open about the fact that, clearly, politicians should be able to speak to each other. David Cameron doesn't seem to accept this, but if the British people have voted then of course you have to try and provide good stable government.

Nick Clegg

#27. I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.

Zac Goldsmith

#28. David Cameron says he wants to keep Britain in the EU, but his tactics are so divisive that, if he gets what he wants it will be at the price of huge ill-will in Europe; or if he doesn't, it will be at the price of increased anti-EU sentiment in his own party and in British society.

John Bruton

#29. David Cameron has a different style to Gordon Brown.

Louis Susman

#30. Barak Obama got involved, I don't know if Brexit was through a friendship with David Cameron.

Donald Trump

#31. The next election will be a flyweight versus a heavyweight. However much the right hon. Gentleman (David Cameron) may dance around the ring beforehand, at some point, he will come within the reach of a big clunking fist.

Gordon Brown

#32. I'm a very happy, content member of David Cameron's team. I fought very hard to get my friend elected as leader of the Conservative party, then elected as the prime minister of this country, and I'm very happy being part of that team that is bringing change to this country.

George Osborne

#33. David Cameron is a C-3P0 made of ham.

Caitlin Moran

#34. I absolutely think that David Cameron should stay, whatever the result of the referendum, and I hope that he will stay for the full second term which he was elected to serve.

Michael Gove

#35. I am not the Conservative Party's health care spokesman. I'm fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader.

Daniel Hannan

#36. Germany's Angela Merkel exudes an atmosphere of elderly exhaustion and pooped-out pessimism. Britain's David Cameron, though by nature exuberant, feels he has to look and sound glum. And France's leader, Francois Hollande, seems determined to drive every successful businessman out of the country.

Paul Johnson

#37. Many people supported the Conservatives because of David Cameron, while many people supported Labour despite Ed Miliband. Deteriorating opinions of Cameron will therefore have a bigger impact on the Conservatives' vote share than worsening views of Miliband would have on Labour's.

Michael Ashcroft

#38. David Cameron has a lot of credibility and influence.

Mark Rutte

#39. What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers' rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important.

Jeremy Corbyn

#40. David [Cameron] has been an outstanding friend and partner on the global stage and, based on our conversation, I'm confident that the UK is committed to an orderly transition out of the EU.

Barack Obama

#41. Terms are like shredded wheat - two are wonderful, but three might just be too many.

David Cameron

#42. It's not just other countries in Europe having a say over what we do. It's unelected bureaucrats in Brussels on sort of six-figure, huge salaries telling us how we run our country despite having never stood for an election themselves.

David Cameron

#43. Because I'm a democrat! The will of the people is sovereign.

David Cameron

#44. I have a very clear view, which is that if you disagree with the policies of Israel, fine, say so, but that is never a reason to take that out on Jewish communities.

David Cameron

#45. I'm a simple small 'c' conservative who believes in public service, serving others, and doing a good job for my country.

David Cameron

#46. I believe in the family. I believe in marriage, and I think it's such a great institution. I think men should be able to marry each other, and women should be able to marry each other.

David Cameron

#47. Press freedom does not mean that the press should be above the law. While it's vital that a free press can tell truth to power, it is equally important that those in power can tell truth to the press.

David Cameron

#48. There is not, in my view, a single European demos.

David Cameron

#49. It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB - general well-being

David Cameron

#50. I'm a classic Church of England member, but part of its strength is the fact that it doesn't ask us to sign up to too much of a canon ... but I've always found the teachings of Jesus and the Bible quite useful as a sort of handy guide.

David Cameron

#51. Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted.

David Cameron

#52. More of the same will just produce more of the same: less competitiveness, less growth, fewer jobs.

David Cameron

#53. The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

David Cameron

#54. All those countries who keep their aid promises should be proud of what they've done

David Cameron

#55. There is a growing frustration that the EU is seen as something that is done to people rather than acting on their behalf. And this is being intensified by the very solutions required to resolve the economic problems.

David Cameron

#56. It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

David Cameron

#57. I think the country requires fresh leadership. I do not think I can be the captain to take the country to its next destination.

David Cameron

#58. After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union.

David Cameron

#59. From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history, and Europe has helped write ours.

David Cameron

#60. The best chapters in our economic history are those that embrace the many, not the few.

David Cameron

#61. The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.

David Cameron

#62. We can't afford to waste time going slow on changing our party so now is not the time to put our foot on the brake. Now is the time to press on the accelerator.

David Cameron

#63. We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a giant leap to take that thought and introduce it into political dialogue

David Cameron

#64. Britain could make her own way in the world, outside the EU, if we chose to do so. So could any other Member State. But the question we will have to ask ourselves is this: is that the very best future for our country? We will have to weigh carefully where our true national interest lies.

David Cameron

#65. Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each other. I don't support gay marriage in spite of being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative.

David Cameron

#66. People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country.

David Cameron

#67. As PM, you have got to do everything from chairing the Cabinet to ceremonial things. You have also got to do the nitty gritty. I do get stuck into the detail.

David Cameron

#68. In a race for limited resources, it is the energy efficient that will win the race

David Cameron

#69. No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum

David Cameron

#70. I believe it is wrong to undermine public safety, and indeed public confidence in the concept of human rights, by allowing highly dangerous criminals and terrorists to trump the rights of the people of Britain to live in security and peace

David Cameron

#71. The economies in Europe that will prosper, are those that are the greenest and the most energy efficient

David Cameron

#72. Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me.

David Cameron

#73. Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one.

David Cameron

#74. Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon. Just as excessive regulation is not some external plague that's been visited on our businesses.

David Cameron

#75. If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide.

David Cameron

#76. You've taxed too much, borrowed too much and are a roadblock to reform.

David Cameron

#77. But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now.

David Cameron

#78. One of the pleas you get when you're talking to the tourist industry or the energy industry or the whoever is, 'Please, can we just have the same minister for longer than five minutes?'

David Cameron

#79. My question right now would be to Colonel Gaddafi, which is: 'What on earth do you think you are doing? Stop it.'

David Cameron

#80. We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work.

David Cameron

#81. NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country.

David Cameron

#82. I believe man-made climate change is one of the most serious threats that this country and this world face.

David Cameron

#83. The prime minister says he has a vision for change, well put that to the people of the country.

David Cameron

#84. Thoughts are energy. Thoughts move energy into form. Energy is the building block of all things. Law of cause and effect. Law of attraction. Physical objects are literally dense thought forms, energy clustered in the form expressed by the thought.

David Cameron Gikandi

#85. Mrs Cameron keeps a rather better weekend diary than I do.

David Cameron

#86. All other things held constant, to the extent that an individual or society sees, believes in, and acts in abundance, so will it have wealth and happiness.

David Cameron Gikandi

#87. There definitely comes a time where a fresh pair of eyes and fresh leadership would be good, and the Conservative Party has got some great people coming up - the Theresa Mays, and the George Osbornes, and the Boris Johnsons.

David Cameron

#88. Before people break the law, they need strong families - adult authority figures and the love of the family. When they step over the line, I'm a Tory. I believe in tough responses, in the law coming down on people like a ton of bricks.

David Cameron

#89. Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That turns its face to the world ...

David Cameron

#90. Whatever new arrangements are enacted for the Eurozone, they must work fairly for those inside it and out.

David Cameron

#91. Any government I lead will continue with the equality of gay and lesbian people.

David Cameron

#92. Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

David Cameron

#93. I am a country boy at heart.

David Cameron

#94. I believe very strongly that staying in is the right answer for Britain. And I haven't pulled my punches, I've fought this campaign the only way I know how, which is to lead from the front, to be clear about what I believe, to be clear about what the consequences are.

David Cameron

#95. Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues.

David Cameron

#96. You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to talk.

David Cameron

#97. Far from being a drag on growth, making our energy sources more sustainable, our energy consumption more efficient, and our economy more resilient to energy price shocks - those things are a vital part of the growth and wealth that we need

David Cameron

#98. You don't have to be a brilliant historian to know that in Europe, messing with countries' borders, messing with their self-determination, their ability to choose their own futures, this is extremely dangerous, and that's why I think it is important to stand up to Putin.

David Cameron

#99. I am a very instinctive Conservative. I have created a welfare system where it pays to work. I have created independent schools within the state sector bringing excellence to children wherever they are.

David Cameron

#100. We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world.

David Cameron