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" 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. "

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" I think if you talk to anybody who would like to have had children... I mean, you look at families all the time and you see there is something there that you don't have. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this! "

" I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England. "

" Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs should not be voting on their own pay. "

" If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the priority must be to avoid tax increases. They would disrupt consumption, employment and investment. "

" Targets don't fight crime. "

" Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive. "

" My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country. "

" Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality. "

" It is essential to democracy that the elected representatives of the people make the laws that govern this country - and not the judges. "

" We can bring immigration down to sustainable levels. "

" Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing. "

" Stop-and-search has the potential to cause immense resentment and honesty to the police, with all the implications that has for generating distrust and ending co-operation from the public, if it is not used fairly. "

" 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. "

" I actually think I think better in high heels. "

" We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country. "

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

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

" I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds. "

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

" 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. "

" 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?' "

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

" We are seeing, we have seen in the last figures a significant drop in the number of net migrants coming into the United Kingdom. So we are cutting out abuse, we've restricted the number of economic - non-EU economic migrants. We're cutting out abuse across the student visa system, particularly, and we're having an impact. "

" Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes. "

" If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them. "