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" I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people. "

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" Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997. "

" Every day, I genuinely count my blessings. One of the greatest things in life is to do a job you really enjoy. "

" I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone. "

" I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system. "

" Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas. "

" When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world. "

" To all companies large and small, I would say this: the British economy is fundamentally strong; we are highly competitive, and we are open for business. "

" The former pension minister, the Liberal Democrat Steve Webb said I was trying to abolish the lump sum. Instead, we are going to keep the lump sum and abolish the Liberal Democrats. "

" People should know this of me: I will do what is required to keep our country safe and secure because, in the end, that is what people's livelihoods and jobs rely on. "

" The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm. "

" Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. "

" Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich. "

" Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other low-carbon technology and is a crucial part of our energy mix, along with new sources of power such as shale gas. "

" It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills. "

" Working people of this country want economic security. The worst possible thing you can do for those families is bust the public finances, have some welfare system this country can't afford. "

" I want London to be the global sporting capital. "

" The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer. "

" If freedom of movement is to be sustainable, then our publics must see it as freedom to move to work, rather than freedom to choose the most generous benefits. "

" I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated. "

" I serve at the discretion of the prime minister. "

" I'm not going out to parties every night. "

" I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money. "

" I think you can look at the British economy with confidence. "

" No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K. "

" Unless they have disabilities to cope with, no family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work. No more open-ended chequebook. "

" I am a social liberal. "

" A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. "

" You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane. "

" Britain helped create the Internet - Tim Berners Lee created the World Wide Web, one of a long line of British scientists who have given us an outsized role in shaping our own digital future. "

" I came into politics partly because I want to be able to reduce taxes so that individuals have more of their money to spend, so that businesses have more of their money to create jobs, but I believe that lower taxes are sustainable when you get the public finances in order, so I will only make promises I can keep on taxation. "