Theresa May Quotes

Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.

I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.

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

My pitch is very simple. I'm Theresa May and I think I'm the best person to be prime minister of this country.

In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.

Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.

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.

The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

I'm not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.

I know I'm not a showy politician... I don't go drinking in parliament's bars. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me and you can judge me by my record.

Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.

You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.

Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.

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

Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.

I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.

I was a teenage godmother.

If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

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

The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.

I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.

I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution; it's one of the most important institutions we have.

Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public.

Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.

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

As I reflect on the results of election I will reflect on what we need to do in the future to take the party forward.

Not partial membership of the European Union or anything that leaves us half in, half out. No, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.

Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right.

I take a very simple view that a violent extremist at some point previously been an extremist, and by definition is an extremist, so you do need to look at that non-violent extremism.

The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government's negotiating position is on Brexit.

Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.

I'm a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.

I'm sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.

My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.

We're continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.

I know there are some voices calling for a punitive deal that punishes Britain. That would be an act of calamitous self-harm for the countries of Europe, and it would not be the act of a friend.

For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.

Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.

I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.

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.

People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.

I have not watched WAGs World, I have not watched the BBC's Upstairs, Downstairs, either. It would be Downton Abbey, I think.

I think major reorganisation is not something the government's about to do.

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

Britain is an open and tolerant country.

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!

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