Theresa May Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 100 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Theresa May.
Famous Quotes By Theresa May
You have a job but you don't always have job security, you have your own home but you worry about mortgage rates going up, you can just about manage but you worry about the cost of living and the quality of the local school because there is no other choice for you.rankly, not everybody in Westminster understands what it's like to live like this and some need to be told that it isn't a game. — Theresa May
The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society. — Theresa May
Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country. — Theresa May
Starting with the highest-risk countries, and focusing on the route to Britain that is widely abused, student visas, we will increase the number of interviews to considerably more than 100,000, starting next financial year. From there, we will extend the interviewing programme further across all routes to Britain, wherever the evidence takes us. — Theresa May
It is essential to democracy that the elected representatives of the people make the laws that govern this country - and not the judges. — Theresa May
I know I'm not a showy politician ... I don't go drinking in parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me and you can judge me by my record. — Theresa May
People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond. — Theresa May
We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police. — Theresa May
Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it. — Theresa May
And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public want them to do. — Theresa May
Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed. — Theresa May
It is not possible to debate the balance between privacy and security, including the rights and wrongs of intrusive powers, without also understanding the threats. — Theresa May
I think that probably in some areas the Labour message about some of the things that they said we were going to do - and which we weren't going to do - cut through. — Theresa May
David Cameron has already said, and I have said, that a Conservative government would be giving the security agencies and law enforcement agencies the powers that they need to ensure that they are keeping up to date as people communicate with data. — Theresa May
Let's start getting some free trade agreements started as soon as we can. We need to get on with it; we need to get a grip and make progress. — Theresa May
I have not watched WAGs World, I have not watched the BBC's Upstairs, Downstairs, either. It would be Downton Abbey, I think. — Theresa May
The U.K. courts were very clear that Abu Qatada posed a threat to our national security - that's why we were pleased as a government to be able to remove him from the United Kingdom. — Theresa May
The decision on whether to ban anyone from the U.K. is made by the home secretary on the basis of the evidence at the time. — Theresa May
I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country. — Theresa May
I think if you talk to anybody who would like to have had children ... I mean, you look at families all the time and you see there is something there that you don't have. — Theresa May
The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication. — Theresa May
My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country. — Theresa May
I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics. — Theresa May
Obviously, given the objective that we have, what I would hope is that people would be able to see that actually we had reduced the numbers of people, the net number of people, coming into the country. People would, presumably, see that, but it's difficult to say how. — Theresa May
Stop-and-search has the potential to cause immense resentment and honesty to the police, with all the implications that has for generating distrust and ending co-operation from the public, if it is not used fairly. — Theresa May
It is very important that people see there is a bright future, and we can re-engage that entrepreneurial spirit of the trading nation for which the U.K. has always been known - that dynamic, creative spirit. — Theresa May
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. — Theresa May
Women often focus more on delivery - what is the outcome going to be rather than what are the interactions people have in order to get there. — Theresa May
I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it. — Theresa May
Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself. — Theresa May
The right place for a terrorist is a prison cell; the right place for a foreign terrorist is a foreign prison cell far away from Britain. — Theresa May
We will talk to the CIFAS members, financial institutions, about the possibility of closing accounts of people who have no right to be here. If you're going to create a hostile environment for illegal migrants ... access to financial services is part of that. — Theresa May
Targets don't fight crime; they hinder the fight against crime. — Theresa May
Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing. — Theresa May
Retailers have an important part to play in preventing knife crime - enforcing age restrictions and displaying knives safely is crucial. — Theresa May
If I am prime minister, we will come out of the European Union, and part of that will be control of free movement. — Theresa May
Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy. — Theresa May
Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that. — Theresa May
I'm sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong. — Theresa May
People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves. — Theresa May
I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons. — Theresa May
If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the priority must be to avoid tax increases. They would disrupt consumption, employment and investment. — Theresa May
The Snowden leaks did cause damage. — Theresa May
Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public. — Theresa May
I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds. — Theresa May
Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great. — Theresa May
It does not make sense that everybody should duplicate efforts when we could be working together. — Theresa May
The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do. — Theresa May
I grew up the daughter of a local vicar and the granddaughter of a regimental sergeant major. — Theresa May
The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat and I think it's important to us. — Theresa May
Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so. — Theresa May
Targets don't fight crime. — Theresa May
One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period. — Theresa May
There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen. — Theresa May
Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right. — Theresa May
It is all around us, hidden in plain sight. It is walking our streets, supplying shops and supermarkets, working in fields, factories or nail bars, trapped in brothels or cowering behind the curtains in an ordinary street: slavery. — Theresa May
I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want. — Theresa May
We have to ask ourselves, is it really right that the E.U. should just continue to expand, conferring upon all new member states all the rights of membership? — Theresa May
My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me. — Theresa May
We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed. — Theresa May
The right place for a person suffering a mental health crisis is a bed, not a police cell. And the right people to look after them are medically trained professionals, not police officers. — Theresa May
The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration. — Theresa May
Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid. — Theresa May
If we are going to realise our ambition of ending the harmful practices of FGM and forced marriage, the role of young people in pushing for change is crucial. We also need to ensure that everyone, from government to civil society, is playing their part. — Theresa May
Within the E.U., in a wider context, people are increasingly recognising the need to prevent the abuse of free movement. — Theresa May
There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. — Theresa May
We are all different. We all have different circumstances, and you have to cope with whatever it is, try not to dwell on things. — Theresa May
I have grown used to the focus on my clothes and my shoes. — Theresa May
On gay adoption I have changed my mind. — Theresa May
Unfortunately, some judges evidently do not regard a debate in Parliament on new immigration rules, followed by the unanimous adoption of those rules, as evidence that Parliament actually wants to see those new rules implemented. — Theresa May
The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that. — Theresa May
The use of water cannon could have changed the face of British policing; it would have made a huge difference to British policing. — Theresa May
If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it. — Theresa May
For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them. — Theresa May
It's very important that we unite as a party and as a country. — Theresa May
Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. — Theresa May
Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job. — Theresa May
I think major reorganisation is not something the government's about to do. — Theresa May
Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police. — Theresa May
As we conduct our negotiations it must be a priority to allow British companies to trade with the single market in goods and services but also, to regain more control of the numbers of people who are coming here from Europe. — Theresa May
The overall policing budget is protected. — Theresa May
We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought. — Theresa May
If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise. — Theresa May
I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England. — Theresa May
You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes. — Theresa May
We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers. — Theresa May
The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon. — Theresa May
We know of officers who develop inappropriate relationships with victims of domestic abuse. They have ignored their professional duty and their moral responsibility. — Theresa May
A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this! — Theresa May
If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them. — Theresa May
I'm very fortunate. My husband is hugely supportive, and he is very happy getting on with his career. — Theresa May
Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes. — Theresa May