Jeremy Hunt Quotes

But I'm also very clear that we are going to leave the European Union come what may and I will deliver that. If that happens, I will do it in a way that protects the union because it's absolutely vital that we do.

There is one very big difference between me and Boris, which is that I am foreign secretary and I have a very big job to do to try and get this deal over the line and that has to be my focus. I think that what matters is we have a cabinet that believes in Brexit.

My plan for defence will give our brave troops the backing they need and show the world that when it comes to the new threats to Western values, Britain is back and Britain's voice will be strong

The EU was set up to protect freedom. It was the Soviet Union that stopped people leaving.

Both of us would be crucified by our base if we went into a general election having promised that we would respect the referendum result and not having respected it

[I am] passionately committed to the [UK] Union

The principle is the backstop which traps us into following EU customs tariffs until the EU gives us permission to leave the customs union... we have to find a different solution.

As a businessman I always paid my bills. That being said, if we leave without a deal I will not hand over a penny more than is legally required of us.

Thousands of jobs in the West Midlands depend on having a wise prime minister making sensible calls as to how we leave the EU promptly, but also in a way that does not harm business. I am that person.

I would never pay any price if it meant that Scotland would become independent.

[I will support Theresa May] so that we can get through an agreement with the European Union based on what was agreed by the cabinet last week at Chequers

I went to the [Rio de Janeiro] carnival three years in a row. ...
I found a married life, politics and Latin dancing are not compatible so I'm afraid I've left my dancing years behind me.

[I am prepared to leave without a deal, but not if there was a] prospect of a better deal

If this deal is rejected, ultimately what we may end up with is not a different type of Brexit but Brexit paralysis. And Brexit paralysis ultimately could lead to no Brexit. I'm saying this would be (an) incredibly damaging breach of trust and it would also be very bad for Britain's reputation abroad, having decided to leave the EU, if we in the end for whatever reasons found we weren't able to do it.

Those who do not share our values need to know that there will always be a serious price to pay if red lines are crossed, whether territorial incursions, the use of banned weapons or increasingly cyber attacks