Top 15 Jeremy Hunt Quotes

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 used to be a Latin dancer – with no great skill! [...] But when I was elected as an MP and I was still a young single man, I used to wear a t-shirt under my suit. And when we did the last vote 10 o'clock in the evening, I would then hop into my car and drive to a Lambada club, take off my suit like Superman, and get on the dance floor.

It was always going to be uphill for us because I was someone who voted Remain and I think lots of party members felt that this was a moment when you just had to have someone who voted for Brexit in the referendum. In retrospect, that was a hurdle we were never able to overcome.

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.

I will mitigate the impact of a no-deal Brexit on you and step in to help smooth those short-term difficulties. If we could do it for the bankers in the financial crisis, we can do it for our fisherman, farmers and small businesses now.

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.

anyone who thinks I am going to write a blank cheque to the European Union is sorely mistaken

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.

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

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

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

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

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 think we should have an independent inquiry because the cancer of racism and prejudice is not restricted to any one political party. We have been very vociferous calling out Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism and if we are going to do that, and I think we are right to do that, then we have to be whiter than white ourselves.

[I would accept a no-deal Brexit if] there is no prospect of a deal by 31 October