Theresa May Quotes

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Theresa May

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 1, 1956

Nobody wins when the police are sent to look after people suffering from mental health problems; vulnerable people don't get the care they need and deserve, and the police can't get on with the job they are trained to do.

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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.

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I actually think I think better in high heels.

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Knife crime devastates communities.

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It is all around us, hidden in plain sight. It is walking our streets, supplying shops and supermarkets, working in fields, factories or nail bars, trapped in brothels or cowering behind the curtains in an ordinary street: slavery.

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

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The right place for a person suffering a mental health crisis is a bed, not a police cell. And the right people to look after them are medically trained professionals, not police officers.

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We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.

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You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes.

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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.

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We are all different. We all have different circumstances, and you have to cope with whatever it is, try not to dwell on things.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.

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