Quotes by

David Cameron

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. Its not worth their while going into work. – David Cameron

I think we need to just be very clear about what were trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, were not trying to create the perfect democracy. Were never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security. – David Cameron

From Caesars legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history, and Europe has helped write ours. – David Cameron

I dont just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part. – David Cameron

For me, and I suspect for lots of other people too, bad things actually sometimes make you think more about faith and the fact that youre not facing these things on your own. – David Cameron

Theres another way we are getting behind business – by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now its time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britains small businesses. – David Cameron

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britains success – so for me theres no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation. – David Cameron

Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us – a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. – David Cameron

The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country. – David Cameron

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain – and others – more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable. – David Cameron

Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too. – David Cameron

After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union. – David Cameron

What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. – David Cameron

Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met. – David Cameron

The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new thinking as heresy. In its long history Europe has experience of heretics who turned out to have a point. – David Cameron

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. – David Cameron