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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.

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David Cameron
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 9
Politician
Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
David William Donald Cameron
Rt. Hon. David William Donald Cameron
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Some members, like Britain and France, are ready, willing and able to take action in Libya or Mali. Others are uncomfortable with the use of military force. Let's welcome that diversity, instead of trying to snuff it out.
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I am Conservative to the core of my being, as those who know me best will testify.
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The legacy of Mandela is to have brought the country together... South Africa can be one of the success stories of the 21st century.
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On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer affordable? But on the other hand let us look at the issue of dependency where we have trapped people in poverty through the extent of welfare that they have.
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You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to talk.
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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.
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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.
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There are some people who seem to think that the way you reduce the cost of living in this country is for the state to spend more and more taxpayers' money. It is as if somehow you measure the compassion of the government by the amount of other people's money it can spend.
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It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that.
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I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.
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Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.
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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
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The world economy is more stable than for a generation ... Our hugely sophisticated financial markets match funds with ideas better than ever before.
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In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in relative terms - the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted.
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When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change.
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Because I'm a democrat! The will of the people is sovereign.
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All those countries who keep their aid promises should be proud of what they've done
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