Theresa May Quotes

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

Brexit means Brexit, and we're going to make a success of it.

My judgment is that remaining a member of the European Union means we will be more secure from crime and terrorism.

The Prevent strategy will be targeted against those forms of terrorism which pose the greatest risk to our national security, currently al-Qaeda and those they inspire. But Prevent must also recognise and tackle the insidious impact of non-violent extremism, which can create an atmosphere conducive to terrorism and can popularise views which terrorists exploit.

I want us to be the party that represents the whole of Britain and not merely some mythical place called "Middle England", but the truth is that as our country has become more diverse, our party has remained the same. We should not underestimate the extent of this problem. Ask yourselves: how can we truly claim to be the party of Britain, when we don't truly represent Britain in our party?

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.

Some Tories have tried to make political capital by demonising minorities instead of showing confidence in all the citizens of our country.

How can students and parents plan for the future when they can't rely on the country's examination system to deliver fair results? We reject Labour's "government knows best" approach, but we certainly don't subscribe to a philosophy that lets people sink or swim. We believe that an active government should focus on doing what it can to help people get on with their lives. This is the true measure of a compassionate government.

George Bush and Tony Blair deserve the gratitude of everyone for standing up to the forces of evil. And they deserve our thanks as well for the action they are taking to disarm Saddam Hussein.

The Labour party is intent on turning law-abiding and decent citizens into criminals by banning hunting - and we marched to stop that.

They [the then Labour government] planned to let bureaucrats snoop on peoples' phone and email conversations. We helped to stop that.

One of the things that people hate most about modern politics is the almost mindless partisanship that passes for debate. Ya-boo, Punch and Judy, call it what you will, the public is sick of it.

More people vote for a TV show than a political party. And those who do vote think a man dressed as a monkey is more likely to deliver on his election pledges than any party.

In recent years a number of politicians have behaved disgracefully and then compounded their offences by trying to evade responsibility. We all know who they are. Let's face it, some of them have stood on this platform.