What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency. David Cameron More Quotes by David Cameron More Quotes From David Cameron Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each other. I don't support gay marriage in spite of being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative. David Cameron gaytiesbelieve For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone. David Cameron citizenslawlong There is such a thing as society. It's just not the same thing as the state. David Cameron states The best chapters in our economic history are those that embrace the many, not the few. David Cameron economic-historyembraceeconomic Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me. David Cameron davewifepeople We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional. David Cameron independentemotionalcharacter It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB - general well-being. David Cameron well-beingmore-to-lifegdp I like democracy. I like to be able to throw out my political leaders when they get things wrong, and we don't get to do that with Brussels. David Cameron democracypoliticalleader Corruption is one of the greatest enemies of progress in our time. It is the cancer at the heart of so many of the world's problems. David Cameron enemy-of-progresscancerheart We are a great country, and whatever choice we make we will still be great. But I believe the choice is between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU or a great leap into the unknown. David Cameron choicesbelievecountry If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough. David Cameron toughbenefitsjobs Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything. David Cameron differentchoicescountry I intend to end the something for nothing culture David Cameron endsculture Simply asking the British people to carry on accepting a European settlement over which they have had little choice is a path to ensuring that when the question is finally put - and at some stage it will have to be - it is much more likely that the British people will reject the EU. David Cameron choicesaskingpeople If Donald Trump came to visit Britain I think he would unite us all against him. David Cameron britaintrumpthinking 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 [with] heretics who turned out to have a point. David Cameron europelongthinking I think in any organisation it's right to set out what you stand for, what you're fighting for and bring that together in one document so that people can see that the modern compassionate Conservative Party is in it for everybody - not just the rich David Cameron partyfightingthinking 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 Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation. David Cameron scotlandindependenthands It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country. David Cameron independentsuccessfulcountry People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through enforced austerity or their taxes are used to bail out governments on the other side of the continent. David Cameron governmenttakenmean
