Quotes About Theresa May

#1. She [Theresa May] is the right choice to lead Britain in a challenging period and will make a truly outstanding prime minister.

Jeremy Hunt

#2. Let me first of all congratulate both of the candidates who have made it through - both Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are formidable politicians and they have fought great campaigns and they deserve to be in the final two.

Michael Gove

#3. I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.

Liam Fox

#4. I think the person who has the experience, the depth and the values to take us forward is Theresa May who I think will be absolutely outstanding.

Jeremy Hunt

#5. There is definitely a mood in the party for making sure that two cabinet heavyweights we have got, who come from different traditions, different sides of the EU referendum campaign, Theresa May and Michael Gove - it would be right to put them to the party in the country.

Nicky Morgan

#6. Now that we've made that decision, everyone is thinking about the practical consequences and I think Theresa May could be the most challenging prime ministership since the Suez Crisis, possibly since the Second World War.

Jeremy Hunt

#7. I think there's almost an expectation that it should be Theresa [May] and Boris [Johnson]. I think they'd be real surprise if it ended up with someone else.

Nigel Evans

#8. Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front. That's about it. It makes House of Cards look like Teletubbies.

Nigel Evans

#9. We need a good strong opposition and I don't know whether it's any coincidence that we need Angela Eagle in Labour and we need Theresa May to lead the Conservative party, both of whom of course are women.

Anna Soubry

#10. My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country.

Theresa May

#11. They [Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May] both went to state schools, they are both women, hey, that's pretty quirky for the Tory party. Isn't this the new sort of Tory party ?

Tim Loughton

#12. I'm a very good friend of Stephen Crabb, I had great fun campaigning with Boris Johnson on the winning side, I have great experience working with Theresa May in government on national security. I respect all of them and I hope that's very much the tone.

Liam Fox

#13. When [Theresa May] says something she means it and she gets her way.

Damian Green

#14. I asked for nothing from Theresa [May]. She asked for nothing from me. That's not the way we work.

Stephen Crabb

#15. She [Theresa May] has done more to bring immigration down and abolish things like bogus colleges.

Damian Green

#16. The British people have spoken, and there will be a different future for the U.K. - different but a brighter, more optimistic future. We may have to go through some difficult times to get there, but get there we will.

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#17. You only have to look at London, where almost half of all primary school children speak English as a second language, to see the challenges we now face as a country. This isn't fair to anyone: how can people build relationships with their neighbours if they can't even speak the same language?

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#18. We want to go further than preventing people from becoming terrorists and focus on a broader approach to counter-extremism - both violent and non-violent.

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#19. It is not possible to debate the balance between privacy and security, including the rights and wrongs of intrusive powers, without also understanding the threats.

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#20. I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

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#21. I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my leadership it will.

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#22. UKIP talk a lot about immigration - but they don't have a serious plan for action.

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#23. I have grown used to the focus on my clothes and my shoes.

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#24. The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.

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#25. You know you're in love when you open your heart knowing there's a chance it may be broken but in opening your heart, you experience a love that you never dreamed possible.

Theresa Lewis

#26. For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.

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#27. Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.

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#28. Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't.

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#29. I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.

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#30. Local people do want to see more police on the streets.

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#31. We are ensuring that we are checking people who are coming in to the U.K.

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#32. I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds.

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#33. We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.

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#34. Within the E.U., in a wider context, people are increasingly recognising the need to prevent the abuse of free movement.

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#35. We are engaged in a struggle that is fought on many fronts and in many forms.

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#36. I'm sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.

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#37. The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that.

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#38. If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them.

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#39. We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

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#40. 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.

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#41. People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.

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#42. If I am prime minister, we will come out of the European Union, and part of that will be control of free movement.

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#43. My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.

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#44. I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.

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#45. It is very important that people see there is a bright future, and we can re-engage that entrepreneurial spirit of the trading nation for which the U.K. has always been known - that dynamic, creative spirit.

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#46. As late as the 1980s, female officers were issued with uniform and kit which included a handbag, complete with a smaller truncheon to fit inside, and it wasn't until 1995 that our first female chief constable was appointed.

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#47. It is all around us, hidden in plain sight. It is walking our streets, supplying shops and supermarkets, working in fields, factories or nail bars, trapped in brothels or cowering behind the curtains in an ordinary street: slavery.

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#48. One girl subjected to FGM or forces to marry is one girl too many.

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#49. It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.

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#50. I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.

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#51. I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.

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#52. Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that.

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#53. We have a very clear position in the U.K. against torture, and we should maintain that.

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#54. There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.

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#55. I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

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#56. As we conduct our negotiations it must be a priority to allow British companies to trade with the single market in goods and services but also, to regain more control of the numbers of people who are coming here from Europe.

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#57. Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.

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#58. There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.

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#59. 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.

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#60. And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public want them to do.

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#61. The overall policing budget is protected.

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#62. The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.

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#63. If you can speak English, and you can get a place on a proper course at a proper university, you can come to study in Britain.

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#64. I'm a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.

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#65. While we have come a long way, we must go further if we are to ensure greater diversity and truly modern police forces that reflect the communities they serve and provide police officers able to tackle not only traditional crime but also the changing face of crime.

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#66. I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.

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#67. I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?'

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#68. In seats where perhaps we don't expect to win at the next general election, the new infrastructure gives us a chance to win local council seats and to build a campaigning base which could help us to win in the future.

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#69. One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period.

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#70. We will make the law clearer on parents' liability for failing to prevent their child being subjected to FGM, and we are working to improve the police response.

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#71. I'm very fortunate. My husband is hugely supportive, and he is very happy getting on with his career.

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#72. People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.

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#73. It's very important that we unite as a party and as a country.

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#74. Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

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#75. Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.

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#76. We know of officers who develop inappropriate relationships with victims of domestic abuse. They have ignored their professional duty and their moral responsibility.

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#77. I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

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#78. I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.

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#79. What's important is that we do this in the right timescale to get the right deal for the U.K. We shouldn't invoke Article 50 immediately.

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#80. Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality.

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#81. Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do.

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#82. I've been clear that Brexit means Brexit.

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#83. The key for members of the public is that they want criminals to be punished. They want them taken off the streets. They also want criminals who come out of prison to go straight.

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#84. You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.

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#85. We will talk to the CIFAS members, financial institutions, about the possibility of closing accounts of people who have no right to be here. If you're going to create a hostile environment for illegal migrants ... access to financial services is part of that.

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#86. I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.

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#87. I am very grateful to my colleagues for their support. There is a big job before us: to unite our party and the country, to negotiate the best possible deal as we leave the EU, and to make Britain work for everyone.

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#88. Nobody wins when the police are sent to look after people suffering from mental health problems; vulnerable people don't get the care they need and deserve, and the police can't get on with the job they are trained to do.

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#89. I completely understand why people are concerned about immigration. There's no silver bullet, no one thing you can do to suddenly deal with all the problems and concerns with immigration, and that includes leaving the E.U.

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#90. The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat and I think it's important to us.

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#91. I get cross about 13 years of Labour government that brought the country to the state it did.

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#92. To the world you may be just one person, but to the one person you may be the world. - Mother Theresa

Aleatha Romig

#93. I am a great admirer of most of the judges in Britain.

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#94. If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.

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#95. Targets don't fight crime; they hinder the fight against crime.

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#96. Tax credits do not help people get better jobs; in fact, they can create poverty traps that actually disincentivise people from working more hours or finding a better paid job.

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#97. The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do.

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#98. We can bring immigration down to sustainable levels.

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#99. Women often focus more on delivery - what is the outcome going to be rather than what are the interactions people have in order to get there.

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#100. What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis.

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