I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

You can imagine the sign outside Tory central office. Shop closed - out to lunch.

War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization

The best way for people to understand each other's faith is to share experiences.

It is our goal to provide full public access to as many files as we possibly can.

I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

No country which has cricket as one of its national games has yet gone communist.

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.

A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

Privacy is a right, but as in any democratic society, it is not an absolute right.

The government wants to be able to attack extremism and hatred wherever it occurs.

Faith in technocrats over politicians is not a trend from which Britain is exempt.

To adopt nuclear disarmament would be akin to behaving like a virgin in a brothel.

I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

Kneejerk interventionism or kneejerk isolationism is the wrong course for Britain.

Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.

As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse.

There is no point in saving the currency if we lose the country that goes with it.

I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth.

Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.

I know at first-hand the importance of hard work and the value of work experience.

I am in politics because I have a strong belief in the equal worth of every child.

Opportunity must be underpinned by security - and Labour must offer that security.

The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.

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

Onshore wind turbines are visually a very considerable intrusion on any landscape.

Fundamental renegotiation is very, very unlikely to produce any significant change

You can't simply slash the sugar in food; otherwise, people simply won't accept it.

I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short

Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.

Putting in place the building blocks for the future of our economy is common sense.

It wasn't too difficult to see that [Ian] Paisley would never do anything positive.

The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done.

The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.

In the current febrile climate Isis needs Donald Trump and Donald Trump needs Isis.

Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice.

It is a belief in human potential that has guided me through my time in Government.

Should we continue to run our economic affairs or be managed by people in Brussels?

We wouldn't want to be like the Swiss, would we? That would be awful! We'd be rich!

I love Europe! France is wonderful. It should be. We've subsidised it for 40 years.

We can be a free and independent country and will prosper if given a proper chance.

You know that running bug people talk about? Well, I've been well and truly bitten.

Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

We've had a day of great drama and of humour too. The rumour mill is now taking over

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