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

I was a teenage godmother.

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

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

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

Britain is an open and tolerant country.

As I say the UK’s position on the issue of torture and the use of torture has not changed. Our policy is the same as it has been. We condemn torture.

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.

Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

As I’ve said previously as home secretary, dealing with immigration isn’t just a single issue and a single measure and a single step that you take. You’ve got to keep working at that over time.

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.

We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.

Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.

Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.

Death I believe has many forms. It is a shapeshifter. But amongst all the forms it has, love is my favorite.

Money can’t buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.