Theresa May Quotes

Under Conservative, Labour, and coalition governments, the U.K. was never willing to accept all the moves to union or all the requirements of the E.U.

Jeremy Corbyn is a Brexiteer. This guy has always wanted us to leave the E.U.

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.

Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.

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

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.

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

The country is polarised between those who would pursue a hard Brexit, which is where the prime minister is, and Remain.

I am a passionate, pragmatic, and positive believer in Brexit, and with my three-step plan, we can decisively leave the E.U.

I want to stop Brexit.

I cannot conceive of circumstances where Labour MPs are marshalled to go through the lobby to vote against us staying in the single market and customs union with the likes of Jacob Rees Mogg, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove.

We will vote down a blind Brexit. This isn't about frustrating the process. It's about stopping a destructive Tory Brexit. It's about fighting for our values and about fighting for our country.

I welcome the Independent Group as it is committed to saving the country from a catastrophic hard Brexit.

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.

The will of the British people must now be put into effect as quickly as possible. Under Article 50 of the EU Treaty the UK must leave the European Union within two years at the latest.

I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.

In the end, the British didn't vote to leave because of the euro. They're not even members of the currency union. Even the refugee crisis hardly affected the country.

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

I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left 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.

The referendum was clear: the British people voted to leave the single market and to take back control of our borders.

The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that.

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.

I believe the United Kingdom will be worse off outside the E.U. It will not have the influence it has in the world today.