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" The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do. "
Theresa May
Government
Just
Just Be
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" 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! "
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Men
Women
Woke
" My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking. "
Theresa May
Philosophy
Not Talking
Doing
" Targets don't fight crime. "
Theresa May
Targets
Fight
Crime
" Look, we constantly live looking at the issue of the threat of terrorism. "
Theresa May
Live
Threat
Look
" 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
" Retailers have an important part to play in preventing knife crime - enforcing age restrictions and displaying knives safely is crucial. "
Theresa May
Important
Knife
Part
" I grew up the daughter of a local vicar and the granddaughter of a regimental sergeant major. "
Theresa May
Up
Local
Grew
" 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
" 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? "
Theresa May
Challenges
Children
School
" I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government. "
Theresa May
Drive
Government
Think
" I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want. "
Theresa May
Believe
Want
Think
" I'm very pleased to be recognising International Women's Day, a day that celebrates the achievements of women across the world. "
Theresa May
International
World
Women
" Anti-social behaviour still blights lives, wrecks communities and provides a pathway to criminality. "
Theresa May
Pathway
Behaviour
Still
" I was a teenage godmother. "
Theresa May
Teenage
Godmother
" For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them. "
Theresa May
Matters
Government
Voters
" It is essential to democracy that the elected representatives of the people make the laws that govern this country - and not the judges. "
Theresa May
Judges
People
Laws
" What's important is that we do this in the right timescale to get the right deal for the U.K. We shouldn't invoke Article 50 immediately. "
Theresa May
Right
Article
Deal
" I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent. "
Theresa May
Want
Transparent
Regime
" I'm very fortunate. My husband is hugely supportive, and he is very happy getting on with his career. "
Theresa May
Happy
Supportive
Husband
" Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right. "
Theresa May
Steps
Justice
Process
" 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
" 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
" The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society. "
Theresa May
Family
Relationship
Simple
" We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country. "
Theresa May
Need
Bold
Future
" We can bring immigration down to sustainable levels. "
Theresa May
Immigration
Down
Sustainable
" In our fields, on our fishing vessels, in our factories and our homes, there are people deprived of their freedom and trapped in a life of unimaginable suffering. "
Theresa May
Our
Fishing
Suffering
" 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
" Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it. "
Theresa May
World
Look
Mask
" Unfortunately, some judges evidently do not regard a debate in Parliament on new immigration rules, followed by the unanimous adoption of those rules, as evidence that Parliament actually wants to see those new rules implemented. "
Theresa May
Immigration
Debate
See
" 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. "
Theresa May
Speak
Women
Working Together