Theresa May Quotes

[A 2nd EU referendum would be a] betrayal of the vote of the British people

I think people will feel a difference because they will know that for the first time in decades it is the UK government that is deciding who can come into the country,

He wanted to tear up our guarantee to the people of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

As we see the threat changing, evolving becoming a more complex threat, we need to make sure that our police and security and intelligence agencies have the powers they need. I mean longer prison sentences for people convicted of terrorist offences. I mean making it easier for the authorities to deport foreign terrorist suspects back to their own countries. And I mean doing more to restrict the freedom and the movements of terrorist suspects when we have enough evidence to know they are a threat, but not enough evidence to prosecute them in full in court. And if our human rights laws stop us from doing it, we will change the laws so we can do it.

There's a lot we need to do in this party of ours. Our base is too narrow and so, occasionally, are our sympathies. You know what some people call us - the nasty party.

Our focus to deliver Brexit must be absolute. We must not, and I will not, frustrate what was the largest democratic exercise in this country's history. In the very final stages of this process, the worst thing we could do is lose our focus.

In 2019 the UK will start a new chapter. The Brexit deal I have negotiated delivers on the vote of the British people. If Parliament backs a deal, Britain can turn a corner. The referendum in 2016 was divisive. But we all want the best for our country and 2019 can be the year we put our differences aside and move forward together, into a strong new relationship with our European neighbours and out into the world as a globally trading nation.

People didn't vote on party lines when it came to the Brexit referendum. And I think members of the public want to see their politicians working together more often.

You can judge me by my record.

I have consistently said that immigration has been good for this country,

The country has spoken, and the United Kingdom will leave the EU. The job now is about uniting the Party, uniting the country – securing the Union – and negotiating the best possible deal for Britain.

In a stand-off between Britain and the EU, 44% of our exports is more important to us than 8% of the EU's exports is to them.

[I want to] build the education, skills, and social mobility to allow everyone to prosper from the opportunities of leaving the EU

Let us not break faith with the British people by trying to stage another referendum

[continued membership of the single market] would mean being bound by EU laws. That would mean in practice not leaving the EU.