“The free market is fundamentally humane and democratic, driven by ideas and millions of individual choices about what to do with our money which defy those who benefit from the status quo.”

Every pound that comes into the Exchequer was earned by someone through hard work, and could have been used for a new car, a holiday or a treat for the children.

From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US – the world wants what Britain has to sell.

I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.

It’s absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.

The biggest opportunities from Brexit will come from more trade with the rest of the world.

Trade is critical to us all – it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.

I am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.

We’ve been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs.

We are working hard at home and on the international stage to further identify the problems on the horizon and to ensure we reboot trade post-Covid-19.

I was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.

They all want us to get Brexit done so that we can begin negotiations and forge new relationships that will open up new markets for British businesses, create jobs and attract new investment.

As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.

I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.

People want to start businesses because it’s a way of fulfilling their ambitions and dreams.

Choice is a national instinct. This capitalist bedrock of our prosperity and security is threatened by a Labour Party that wants to overthrow the whole system.

The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins.

Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it.

When you start getting into a full-band, democratic context the little things almost immediately get thrown out the window because you don’t think they’re important.

Today we reject the notion of equality between a regime that belongs to the democratic world – even if it is conservative and disagreeable – and a totalitarian dictatorship, whether its colors are black, red, or green.

I used to be a Democrat, now I’m basically a Republican.

The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.

The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.