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" 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. "

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" I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues. "

" Targets don't fight crime. "

" Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do. "

" I have grown used to the focus on my clothes and my shoes. "

" It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say. "

" I grew up the daughter of a local vicar and the granddaughter of a regimental sergeant major. "

" I've been clear that Brexit means Brexit. "

" Retailers have an important part to play in preventing knife crime - enforcing age restrictions and displaying knives safely is crucial. "

" 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. "

" The right place for a terrorist is a prison cell; the right place for a foreign terrorist is a foreign prison cell far away from Britain. "

" There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour. "

" 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. "

" We have the finest military personnel in the world. "

" I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government. "

" There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. "

" Many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices and benefit a great deal from the guidance they offer. "

" Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't. "

" 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. "

" We will talk to the CIFAS members, financial institutions, about the possibility of closing accounts of people who have no right to be here. If you're going to create a hostile environment for illegal migrants... access to financial services is part of that. "

" Within the E.U., in a wider context, people are increasingly recognising the need to prevent the abuse of free movement. "

" Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy. "

" Police reform is working, and crime is falling. "

" My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking. "

" Local people do want to see more police on the streets. "

" Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. "

" You only have to look at London, where almost half of all primary school children speak English as a second language, to see the challenges we now face as a country. This isn't fair to anyone: how can people build relationships with their neighbours if they can't even speak the same language? "

" National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. "

" A number of women have reportedly been victims of what appear to be discriminatory decisions taken by Sharia councils, and that is a significant concern. "

" We know of officers who develop inappropriate relationships with victims of domestic abuse. They have ignored their professional duty and their moral responsibility. "

" We need to change attitudes. We can only change attitudes by working together. Government will do its bit, but I want you all to do your bit, too. So speak out, stand up against violence against women and girls, and that's the way we can eradicate it. "

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