I think the risks that people see of terrorism are incredibly important but we are very confident we have got the right people on it and the risks have been minimised.

It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them.

I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.

If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere.

All the people I talk to, increasingly, can see that the emperor has got no clothes. The case for leaving [the EU] is now overwhelming.

Andrea Leadsom, I think, has all the qualities that you need at the moment. She's got a lot of zap, a lot of drive, and all the experience. Plus I think she can articulate what's needed at the moment, which is a bit of an antidote to some of the gloom and negativity and misunderstanding about what the Brexit vote means.

[People] are woefully underestimating this country and what it can achieve.