Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America. David Cameron More Quotes by David Cameron More Quotes From David Cameron 2012 has been an extraordinary year for our country. We cheered our Queen to the rafters with the Jubilee, showed the world what we're made of by staging the most spectacular Olympic and Paralympic Games ever and - let's not forget - punched way above our weight in the medals table. David Cameron queens games country The news that Osama Bin Laden is dead will bring great relief to people across the world. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen - for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British. David Cameron atrocities relief people NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country. David Cameron citizens want country The world economy is more stable than for a generation ... Our hugely sophisticated financial markets match funds with ideas better than ever before. David Cameron generations world ideas I think it will help people have a better work-life balance, that's really important - that's the centre ground for me, it's the issues people care about in their lives. David Cameron issues people thinking Nelson Mandela was a towering figure in our time; a legend in life and now in death - a true global hero. David Cameron legends figures hero The legacy of Mandela is to have brought the country together... South Africa can be one of the success stories of the 21st century. David Cameron legacy together country The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving National Health Service ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain. David Cameron health party jobs The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press. David Cameron paris freedom fighting There is not, in my view, a single European demos. David Cameron demos views If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, we have got to make promises and keep promises. David Cameron trying people promise Far from being a drag on growth, making our energy sources more sustainable, our energy consumption more efficient, and our economy more resilient to energy price shocks - those things are a vital part of the growth and wealth that we need David Cameron growth energy needs Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too. David Cameron moral-leadership america way Edward Heath and Richard Nixon took personal awkwardness with each other to new and excruciating levels. David Cameron awkwardness levels 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 twins today war There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses again. David Cameron favour business way Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of the EU. So it is a vital interest for us to protect the integrity and fairness of the single market for all its members. David Cameron membership fairness integrity Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together. David Cameron congratulations working-together looks Strong views exist on both sides but I believe MPs voting for gay people being able to marry too, is a step forward for our country. David Cameron strong believe country We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal of co-operation. To represent and promote the values of European civilisation in the world. To advance our shared interests by using our collective power to open markets. And to build a strong economic base across the whole of Europe. David Cameron strong europe believe