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" I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. "

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" The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government. "

" If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government. "

" 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. "

" Britain can only spend what it can afford. "

" The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on. "

" Leaving the E.U. was not the outcome that I wanted or campaigned, but now that democracy has spoken, we must act on that result. I will fully respect that result. "

" It's difficult to see how Syria can have any long-term future with Assad there as president. Many people would never return to that country if that were the case. "

" 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. "

" We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "

" The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855. "

" Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator. "

" There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent. "

" Politics as a parent is fairly demanding; if your parent is in politics, it's fairly demanding, so I make no excuses about taking two weeks off. "

" If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. "

" The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough. "

" The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast. "

" Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. "

" Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions. "

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

" 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 had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me. "

" Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition. "

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

" The Office for Budget Responsibility correctly stay out of the political debate and do not assess the long-term costs and benefits of E.U. membership. "

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

" We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up. "

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