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" I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have. "
Theresa May
Important
Marriage
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" Reducing net E.U. migration need not mean undermining the principle of free movement. When it was first enshrined, free movement meant the freedom to move to a job, not the freedom to cross borders to look for work or claim benefits. "
Theresa May
Freedom
Free
Need
" The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time. "
Theresa May
Doing
Changing
Child
" Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid. "
Theresa May
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People
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" One girl subjected to FGM or forces to marry is one girl too many. "
Theresa May
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Forces
Too
" 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
Now
Help
World
" Poverty is not just about income: it's about aspiration. It's not just about giving people a couple of extra pounds a week, welcome though that is. "
Theresa May
Giving
Week
People
" 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
Family
Relationship
Simple
" Poverty is about people lacking the tools they need to get on in life. And solving it is about tackling educational failure, antisocial behaviour, debt problems and addiction, and of course it's about work. "
Theresa May
Problems
Life
Failure
" On gay adoption I have changed my mind. "
Theresa May
Adoption
Changed
Gay
" 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. "
Theresa May
You
Feel
Think
" I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency. "
Theresa May
Will
Improving
Ruthless
" It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say. "
Theresa May
Interesting
Say
Experience
" Our laws must protect victims. "
Theresa May
Victims
Laws
Our
" I completely understand why people are concerned about immigration. There's no silver bullet, no one thing you can do to suddenly deal with all the problems and concerns with immigration, and that includes leaving the E.U. "
Theresa May
People
Problems
Why
" There must be no attempts to remain inside the E.U., no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum. "
Theresa May
Second
Through
Door
" 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
Decisions
Within
Police
" 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
People
Trust
Think
" 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
Believe
Want
Think
" 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
Decisions
Going
Government
" It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since. "
Theresa May
Me
Woman
Shoes
" 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
Time
Rid
Police
" Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. "
Theresa May
Politics
Why
Ask
" The Snowden leaks did cause damage. "
Theresa May
Damage
Snowden
Leaks
" Within the E.U., in a wider context, people are increasingly recognising the need to prevent the abuse of free movement. "
Theresa May
Need
Free
People
" I grew up the daughter of a local vicar and the granddaughter of a regimental sergeant major. "
Theresa May
Up
Local
Grew
" The key for members of the public is that they want criminals to be punished. They want them taken off the streets. They also want criminals who come out of prison to go straight. "
Theresa May
Key
Prison
Want
" I was a teenage godmother. "
Theresa May
Teenage
Godmother
" So we mustn't lower our guard in any sense because of what has happened in terms of the death of Osama Bin Laden and we are certainly not doing that. The terror threat level here in the U.K. remains at severe and we're very conscious of the need to continue that. "
Theresa May
Death
Here
Need
" My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking. "
Theresa May
Philosophy
Not Talking
Doing
" Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive. "
Theresa May
Work
Women
Positive