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" It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit. "

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" The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is. "

" I think its important, particularly when you've got young children, to spend some time with them. "

" Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank. "

" Well can I just say unlike my predecessors, Conservative and Labour, I have set up an independent body that studies whether what I'm saying is true, whether I've met the targets that I set out. "

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

" If we leave the European Union it's a risk to our economy - it's a risk to pensioners, it's a risk to homeowners, it's a risk to people in work. "

" Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did. "

" I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" One thing I learned about Gordon Brown is you've got to have the strength to just get in there and take him on. When you first hear him spouting his statistics and boasting about his record, it can be quite intimidating. But over time, shadowing him, I just realised that a lot of it was rubbish; a lot of it was baloney. "

" Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives. "

" Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour. "

" I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged. "

" If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again. "

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

" The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police. "

" I've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies. "

" Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy. "

" I can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life. "

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

" I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class. "

" I first started going to Chelsea games in the mid-Nineties when I lived off the North End Road, ten minutes' walk from Stamford Bridge. "

" Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families. "

" There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university. "

" 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. "