David Davis Quotes

"The Home Office must get an urgent grip on this problem. They are failing in their principle responsibility to protect the citizens of this country."

"We are reluctant to talk because of significant fear of retaliation, being disciplined or fired."

"Border controls and a border police force to administer those controls is exactly what we need."

"I'm kind of overwhelmed. It's quite an honor."

"If somebody plans to carry out a series of murders... then this is obviously an evil and pre-meditated attack and in that case, there could be a deterrent effect."

"We just enjoy people, and it feels good to help them. We want to give back to the community, because it's given so much to us."

"He should take responsibility for what has been a massive failure."

"This thing of traveling in Illinois, and being eaten up by bed bugs, and mosquitoes (fleas you know don't trouble me much) is not what it's cracked up to be."

"Over the last two to three years gold mining companies have undergone restructuring and cost saving. They are in a prime position to take advantage of an upward swing in the gold price. It has been underpinned this week by geopolitical concerns."

"This raises serious questions about the monitoring of terror suspects. The government should now answer our call for an independent inquiry so that the lessons of the July bombings can be learned."

"Last year we called for the government to put in place a rigorous method of monitoring the continuing safety of those returned to Zimbabwe. The government must now show they have done this and not simply wasted the past few months. Otherwise, we will not know the fate of the people sent back and what the Mugabe regime does to them."

"The question has to be asked, 'What has the existing criminal justice system been doing over the past eight years?' This Government has form for headline-grabbing announcements, only to fail to follow up with any delivery."

"Well, it is a breach of the law, so if it was recent, the answer would be no."

"If we achieve the labor savings we are seeking, losses will be $400 million (in 2006)."

"This is the latest in a long line of failures. This serial incompetence beggars belief."

"He was a great coach. All the guys respected him."

"I think it would have been much easier just to say to the party in the country 'why don't we reverse the order - you have the first hit and MPs have the last say'"

"Northwest, Delta it seems so many airlines are in this situation. It's not in our control, and there is not a whole lot to do except carry on."

"The idea that you can't leave the country without having your name put on a national identity register is an interesting idea of voluntary. This is a creeping compulsion."

"They say you react seriously as you do practice, ... so this is one thing that we do with the exercise."