The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc.

I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it.

Billions raised, billions spent. No idea where the money has gone. With a record like that the chancellor should be running for treasurer of the Labour Party.

For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone.

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.

I don't want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom.

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide.

Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me.

I like democracy. I like to be able to throw out my political leaders when they get things wrong, and we don't get to do that with Brussels.

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

The idea that education will lead to a lessening of bigotry is just factually incorrect.

What we're trying to do is determine if our shareholders and customers have been misled. We can't think of a single shareholder who would believe that the PSC order isn't in their best interest.

Real security, in other words, is inseparable from issues of energy policy; education; public health; preservation of soils, forests, and waters; and broadly based, sustainable prosperity.

In contemporary society [the typical lady] is an archaism, and can't hardly understand herself unless she knows her own history.

Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning.

I don't think the American people, if you look historically, elect angry candidates.

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.

Many trees could be saved if the government stopped printing tax forms.