Philip Hammond Quotes

The decision to trigger Article 50 is in the hands of the next prime minister. If that is me, I will make a judgement as to when is right for Britain, and I won't be hurried or hassled by anyone into pressing that button or triggering that article until I believe it is right for this country.

If I am prime minister, we will come out of the European Union, and part of that will be control of free movement.

There must be no attempts to remain inside the E.U., no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum.

We must stand up for the principle of parliamentary democracy and not allow the government's failure in the Brexit process to be a licence for the U.K. to crash out of the E.U. without an agreement.

The British people voted to leave the European Union - let's just leave.

We need to underline the need for Britain to depart from the European Union in an orderly fashion.

The ability to control our borders stands at the heart of the debate on whether or not Britain should leave the European Union.

All the main parties accept that the stated wish of the United Kingdom electorate to leave the E.U. must be respected. That must place on us collectively a responsibility to work together to find a solution.

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

We had been told that it was not possible to leave the E.U., and the U.K. has just demonstrated that, when the people want it, we can set up the conditions to exit the E.U.

The next leader of this country needs to be someone who believes heart and soul that Britain should be outside the European Union.

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

Brexit was the first brick that was knocked out of the establishment wall.

We did it! Britain is no longer a member of the European Union. By 'we' I mean the 17.4 million Britons who voted Leave, Nigel Farage who fought for the cause for 25 years, Brexit Party MEPs, Tory Party members who were brave enough to desert their party in droves at the Euro-elections and, of course, the Daily Express.

Only the U.K. can trigger Article 50. And in my judgement, we should only do that when there is a clear view about what new arrangements we are seeking with our European neighbours.

I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit.

I'm going to devote myself full time to securing and then winning a referendum on leaving the E.U.

Calling into question the Touquet deal on the pretext that Britain has voted for Brexit and will have to start negotiations to leave the union doesn't make sense.

Whilst there are problems with Article 50, it is the statement of intent that is important.

Brexit has really broken a taboo. The Brits have shown us that you can leave the European Union, and you can come out better.

Imagine what we could achieve if we had more Conservative MEPs in the European Parliament in terms of getting a better deal for Britain and negotiating fundamental reform and putting that in a referendum to the British people.

Neither we nor our European friends need prolonged uncertainty, and not everything needs to be negotiated before Article 50 is triggered and the exit process is concluded.

Brexit stops Britain from being Great Britain.