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" For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them. "
Theresa May
Matters
Government
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" In our fields, on our fishing vessels, in our factories and our homes, there are people deprived of their freedom and trapped in a life of unimaginable suffering. "
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" 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. "
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" Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do. "
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" I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver. "
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" The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do. "
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" Prison works. "
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" I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government. "
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" The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't. "
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" You only have to look at London, where almost half of all primary school children speak English as a second language, to see the challenges we now face as a country. This isn't fair to anyone: how can people build relationships with their neighbours if they can't even speak the same language? "
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Children
School
" There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen. "
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Our
Country
Law
" I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?' "
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Looking
God
Blue
" My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking. "
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Philosophy
Not Talking
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" 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. "
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" I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England. "
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Daughter
Still
Church
" 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. "
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Look
Think
" 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. "
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Evidence
Immigration
" We can bring immigration down to sustainable levels. "
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" 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. "
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" It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say. "
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