Liam Fox Quotations

If Iran becomes a nuclear weapon state it is the end of non-proliferation as we know it. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon you are likely to see Saudi, Egypt and other countries follow suit and we will bequeath to the next generation a nuclear arms race in the world's most unstable region.

We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.

But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.

We will continue to be a big contributor to NATO and our interests will be more secure.

New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known. Make no mistake, Labour's economic policies were a national security liability.

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched anywhere in the world.

lied and broke the law and he must answer for that.

Sending our Armed Forces across an international border clearly is a major political decision, with profound implications for Britain's international relations,

I am the only candidate who is going into this contest with a positive vision of the future,

It is already apparent that the current system is proving unwieldy and liable to present MPs with a potentially unsuitable leader while the changes under discussion will severely restrict democracy within the party - clearly an undesirable move for a modern twenty-first century party,

It is entirely a matter for David whether or not he wants to be open about that.

There is a difference between a military mission and the aspiration for the long-term plans for the country. What we want is a stable enough Afghanistan, able to look after its own security so we can leave without the fear of it imploding... But let's be clear - it's not going to be perfect.

The Opposition should be concentrating on opposing the government rather than involving themselves in endless speculation

Britain needs an education system that is appropriate to both society and the individual - and it is wrong to pretend that watering down academic standards in pursuit of universal achievement will do that,

There's no point in asking focus groups. I go down the pub and hear about it there.

The whole thing is really quite pathetic. Here we have two self-obsessed schoolboys who spend all their time thinking about themselves and their future and not the future of the country.

It was wrong for the European Union's foreign affairs spokesman Javier Solana to rule out the use of force. It is wrong for Britain's Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, to echo him.

I've made it very clear what I believe in -- a sense of family, community, respect for the law, Britain controlling its own direction,

This is an extremely good result. I am delighted to have polled well above predictions. I go into the next round with real momentum.

This is a celebration of a great historic figure.

It's a question of whether they have learned any lessons at all.

It's simply not sensible for the government to say there's no link. What I think is surprising is that the government denies there's any link - but the government's handling of this has been rather inept politically from start to finish.

It's simply not sensible ... for the government to say there is no link whatsoever between what is happening in Iraq and what is happening in terms of recruiting extremists.

Instead we need schools and colleges that are sensitive to the needs of young people and not the priorities of politicians and educationalists.

Instead of reaching inside ourselves we need to remind the country we are the natural party of government.

I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.

I'm a very good friend of Stephen Crabb, I had great fun campaigning with Boris Johnson on the winning side, I have great experience working with Theresa May in government on national security. I respect all of them and I hope that's very much the tone.

For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters.

I think it's much harder for anybody who voted Remain to have credibility amongst the voters who voted to leave in terms of leading the country. It's not impossible, but it's much harder.

People realise that his promise [Tony Blair's] to 'save the NHS' was just talk.

You either believe in Europe at any price: in other words we have to be in Europe at any price because you can't survive without it, or you don't. If you don't it tends to suggest there is a price which you are not willing to pay.

We are not leaving the EU, we are rejoining the rest of the world.

I felt it was vital to stress the importance of national security in this debate and the need for a clear path to our exit from the European Union. I hope I have achieved both these objectives.

We must end the iniquitous multi-taxing of the same money. It is not right to tax people's incomes, then their savings on that income, to tax the movement of assets through capital gains tax, stamp duty and tax them again through inheritance tax if they have the audacity to die.

I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend. Mr Speaker, I am sorry for this. I have apologised to the prime minister, to the public, and, at the first opportunity available, to the House.

The era of nuclear terrorism has arrived.