The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too.

The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies.

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety; it is the goal, not the starting point.

Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point.

I've got to see the Brexit process through. We've won the war but we must win the peace.

When I'm finished with politics, I'll have a richer life. I'd like to go to the theatre.

I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

Obviously, like Wembley is synonymous with tennis, snooker is synonymous with Sheffield.

I've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament

How is it having more control if we have a recession as the Bank of England and IFS say?

The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism.

I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.

If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.

The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration.

Measure your progress by your experience of the love of God and its exercise before men.

The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

It must be a judge - never a politician - who decides whether someone is to be locked up.

We need society, and particularly the victims of crime, to believe justice is being done.

Advertising does something important as a sector - culturally and especially economically

We have a commitment to making sure that the U.K. remains a member of the European Union.

I believe whoever the Labour Party chooses to replace Tony Blair will beat David Cameron.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.

If you want to fight against a declining trend, you've got to have a much bigger bazooka.

You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.

Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy.

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.

Conservatism must be based on allowing everyone to become an owner - equity for everyman.

For me it's not a question of whether we should intrude in family life, but how and when.

If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

I will lay out my plan for the United Kingdom, which I hope can provide unity and change.

I absolutely haven't set out to burnish a reputation as a macho figure by picking fights.

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

Our police officers are on the front line of a battle to maintain control of our streets.

We are a global power, active and responsible on the world stage. This will never change.

I'll be my own man and work closely with a Tory Government if it is in London's interest.

There are hazards in everything one does, but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.

It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.

It is a truth universally unacknowledged at Westminster that there is life after politics.

I've been around the block. And I have had the privilege of having been a senior Minister.

We need to be self-confident, ambitious, and relentlessly internationalist in our outlook.

We must stop looking to the past and focus on ensuring everyone has a stake in the future.

Stop and search is an integral cog in a racially disproportionate criminal justice system.

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