Quotes by Theresa May

Poverty is about people lacking the tools they need to get on in life. And solving it is about tackling educational failure, antisocial behaviour, debt problems and addiction, and of course its about work.

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 thats the way we can eradicate it.

We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.

We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.

People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which theyre going to travel.

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

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 thats very positive.

I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, its one of the most important institutions we have.

If we are going to realise our ambition of ending the harmful practices of FGM and forced marriage, the role of young people in pushing for change is crucial. We also need to ensure that everyone, from government to civil society, is playing their part.

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think thats come about for a whole variety of reasons.

Like Indiana Jones, I dont like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why Im in politics.

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

We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.

Im not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

You cant solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.