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" Look, we constantly live looking at the issue of the threat of terrorism. "
Theresa May
Live
Threat
Look
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" I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas. "
Theresa May
Police
Will
I Am
" When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost. "
Theresa May
Place
Confident
Feel
" I have grown used to the focus on my clothes and my shoes. "
Theresa May
Grown
Clothes
Focus
" Tax credits do not help people get better jobs; in fact, they can create poverty traps that actually disincentivise people from working more hours or finding a better paid job. "
Theresa May
Tax
Help
Better
" The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that we're open for university students coming into the U.K. There's a job here not just for the government, I think there's a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open. "
Theresa May
Government
Job
People
" 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. "
Theresa May
Debate
Security
Understanding
" 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
" I'm very fortunate. My husband is hugely supportive, and he is very happy getting on with his career. "
Theresa May
Happy
Supportive
Husband
" There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen. "
Theresa May
Our
Country
Law
" National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. "
Theresa May
First
Government
Duty
" 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. "
Theresa May
House
Evidence
Immigration
" You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause. "
Theresa May
You
Inequality
Problem
" The right place for a person suffering a mental health crisis is a bed, not a police cell. And the right people to look after them are medically trained professionals, not police officers. "
Theresa May
Mental Health
People
Suffering
" What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis. "
Theresa May
Work
I Believe
Important
" Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed. "
Theresa May
Talk
Doing
Police
" No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis. "
Theresa May
Daily
Security
Job
" There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour. "
Theresa May
Behaviour
Crime
Nothing
" Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do. "
Theresa May
Finish
British
Job
" People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond. "
Theresa May
Police
People
Park
" We have the finest military personnel in the world. "
Theresa May
Finest
Personnel
Military
" I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free. "
Theresa May
Willing
Free
Going
" The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that. "
Theresa May
Government
Leave
Country
" Shortly after the appointment of Britain's first-ever female police constable with officials powers of arrest, the Home Office declared that women could not be sworn in as police officers because they were not deemed 'proper persons'. It makes you wonder what those Home Office officials would say now to having a female Home Secretary. "
Theresa May
Wonder
Women
Say
" It does not make sense that everybody should duplicate efforts when we could be working together. "
Theresa May
Together
Working Together
Working
" 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
" I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government. "
Theresa May
Drive
Government
Think
" 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
" 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?' "
Theresa May
Looking
God
Blue
" 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
" Many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices and benefit a great deal from the guidance they offer. "
Theresa May
Follow
British
People