Theresa May Quotes

Europe is my continent, not my country

I think that the Brexit negotiations have to be a big thing that determines the democratic fight-back and galvanizes democratic Europe again against this rising tide of nationalism.

We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

The decisive factor for the future of Europe - and before all things, for the 'restoration' of Europe - will be whether political thought and national feelings are influenced by the reality of internationalism.

Among peoples who are geographically grouped together like the peoples of Europe there must exist a sort of federal link.

In Western Europe there are now only small countries—those that know it and those that don't know it yet.

The United States, of course, is determined to diversify Europe to such an extent that it becomes a meaningless entity.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

Our common responsibility is to put Europe's interests first.

My entire political career has been based on building up Britain's political standing and economic prosperity through our membership of the E.U. and the European project.

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.

For all its shortcomings, European co-operation and integration has created an understanding of shared destiny. We no longer point guns at each other; we fight it out at a conference table. And we will continue to do so when the U.K. is no longer a member state but, I hope, still a friend.

The most important thing is that Europe has to remain united.

I'm a big believer in Europe.

Britain can get far better results if it engages with Europe than standing on the sidelines and saying that Europe should change.

It had the effect of cementing the Anglo-American alliance. What's the good of having bases if when you want to use them you're not allowed to by the home country. It made America realise that Britain was her real and true friend, when they were hard up against it and wanted something, and that no one else in Europe was. They're a weak lot, some of them in Europe you know. Weak. Feeble.

An EU without Britain, without 1 of Europe's strongest powers, a country which in many ways invented the single market, and which brings real heft to Europe's influence on the world stage which plays by the rules and which is a force for liberal economic reform would be a very different kind of European Union.

I understand friendship and I can understand why Barak Obama did it, but I think Brexit is something that he shouldn't have done.

Membership in the European Community, now the European Union, has helped Ireland to take its place as a European country with all the member states, including Britain. It has therefore helped the maturing of a good bilateral relationship with Britain, lifting part of the burden of history.

Germany will always do the minimum to preserve the euro. Doing the minimum, though, will perpetuate the situation where the debtor countries in Europe have to pay tremendous premiums to refinance their debt. The result will be a Europe in which Germany is seen as an imperial power that will not be loved and admired by the rest of Europe - but hated and resisted, because it will perceived as an oppressive power.

The crisis in Ukraine is all the European Union's fault. Its leaders negotiated a trade deal with Ukraine, which essentially blackmailed the country to choose between Europe and Russia.

When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels.

Europe is a state with several provinces

It would be helpful if everybody would focus on getting the right outcome from Brexit. An aggressive stand by the EU will only feed into those who promote the narrative of "better off out".