110+ David Cameron Quotes On Education, Politics And Creativity

David Cameron is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016, and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney since 2001. Cameron was known for his modernisation of the Conservative Party, and his support for the UK's membership of the European Union. Following is our collection on famous quotes by David Cameron on education, leadership, politics.

Top 10 David Cameron Quotes

1. Billions raised, billions spent. No idea where the money has gone. With a record like that the chancellor should be running for treasurer of the Labour Party.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.
7. I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.
8. The best chapters in our economic history are those that embrace the many, not the few.
9. What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency.
10. 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 Short Quotes

• You've taxed too much, borrowed too much and are a roadblock to reform.
• Every time I visit Iraq or Afghanistan I am blown away.
• There should be no "means of communication" which "we cannot read".
• I am Conservative to the core of my being, as those who know me best will testify.
• In a race for limited resources, it is the energy efficient that will win the race
• I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.
• There is not, in my view, a single European demos.
• I intend to end the something for nothing culture
• All those countries who keep their aid promises should be proud of what they've done
• No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum.

David Cameron Quotes About Politics

We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a giant leap to take that thought and introduce it into political dialogue — David Cameron

Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues. — David Cameron

The well of public opinion has been well and truly poisoned by the Iraq episode. — David Cameron

I believe man-made climate change is one of the most serious threats that this country and this world face. — David Cameron

David Cameron Quotes About People

Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted. — David Cameron

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

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

People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country. — David Cameron

It’s probably the most unpopular policy I’m responsible for. I know it is very unpopular, culling badgers. But I believe it is the right thing to do. You have to make choices as a politician. Sometimes it means doing something you know people don’t like. — David Cameron

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. — David Cameron

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. — David Cameron

The prime minister says he has a vision for change, well put that to the people of the country. — David Cameron

I believe it is wrong to undermine public safety, and indeed public confidence in the concept of human rights, by allowing highly dangerous criminals and terrorists to trump the rights of the people of Britain to live in security and peace. — David Cameron

Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp. — David Cameron

David Cameron Quotes About Work

What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits. — David Cameron

Whatever new arrangements are enacted for the Eurozone, they must work fairly for those inside it and out. — David Cameron

I think it will help people have a better work-life balance, that's really important - that's the centre ground for me, it's the issues people care about in their lives. — David Cameron

We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000 of them are under 35. Are we really saying there are half a million people in this country under 35 who are simply too ill to work? I don't think that's right. — David Cameron

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work. — David Cameron

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now. — David Cameron

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

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work. — David Cameron

Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together. — David Cameron

David Cameron Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair. — David Cameron

It's not just other countries in Europe having a say over what we do. It's unelected bureaucrats in Brussels on sort of six-figure, huge salaries telling us how we run our country despite having never stood for an election themselves. — David Cameron

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue. — David Cameron

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud. — David Cameron

I mean UKIP, I mean it's just a sort of, you know, bunch of fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists, basically. — David Cameron

The last thing I'd say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics. You can get a lot of things done. And that, in the end - the public service, the national interest: that is what it's all about. Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said: I was the future once. — David Cameron

I want to be the voice of change and hope. I want to confront the big challenges this country faces. — David Cameron

Press freedom does not mean that the press should be above the law. While it's vital that a free press can tell truth to power, it is equally important that those in power can tell truth to the press. — David Cameron

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. — David Cameron

Fundamental questions are being asked about the future of the Eurozone and therefore the shape of the EU itself. Opportunities to advance our national interest are clearly becoming apparent. We should focus on how to make the most of this, not pursue a parliamentary process for a multiple choice referendum. — David Cameron

My question right now would be to Colonel Gaddafi, which is: 'What on earth do you think you are doing? Stop it.' — David Cameron

At the core of the European Union must be, as it is now, the single market. Britain is at the heart of that Single Market, and must remain so. — David Cameron

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world. — David Cameron

Edward Heath and Richard Nixon took personal awkwardness with each other to new and excruciating levels. — David Cameron

Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not, some have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment. In other cases, people have problems with their weight that could be addressed, but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice. — David Cameron

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. — David Cameron

It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that. — David Cameron

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. — David Cameron

I am just not a great fan of the Piers Morgan format. I would rather do something a bit more substantial. — David Cameron

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy. — David Cameron

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. — David Cameron

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security. — David Cameron

I think the prospect of bringing back grammar schools has always been wrong and I've never supported it. And I don't think any Conservative government would have done it. — David Cameron

We can't afford to waste time going slow on changing our party so now is not the time to put our foot on the brake. Now is the time to press on the accelerator. — David Cameron

Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon. Just as excessive regulation is not some external plague that's been visited on our businesses. — David Cameron

We will reflect the country we aspire to govern, and the sound of modern Britain's is a complex harmony, not a male voice choir. — David Cameron

Everyone knows that I'm all in favour of apprenticeships, but let me tell you this is no time for a novice. — David Cameron

It is nonsense that people shopping online in some parts of Europe are unable to access the best deals because of where they live. I want completing the single market to be our driving mission. — David Cameron

I think it was right to remove Saddam Hussein. I think it was the right decision then and I still think it was right now. — David Cameron

The news that Osama Bin Laden is dead will bring great relief to people across the world. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen - for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British. — David Cameron

Mrs Cameron keeps a rather better weekend diary than I do. — David Cameron

Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That turns its face to the world. — David Cameron

Just as I believe that Britain should want to remain in the EU so the EU should want us to stay. — David Cameron

It does make a broader point which is the fight against Islamist terror is not just one that we can wage by the police and border control. It needs every school, every university, every college, every community to recognize they have a role to play, we all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling death cult. — David Cameron

We're all agreed that climate change is one of the greatest and most daunting challenges of our age. We have a moral imperative to act and act now. — David Cameron

Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too. — David Cameron

The European Union that emerges from the Eurozone crisis is going to be a very different body. It will be transformed perhaps beyond recognition by the measures needed to save the Eurozone. — David Cameron

Because I'm a democrat! The will of the people is sovereign. — David Cameron

I'll be explaining that Britain will be leaving the European Union, but I want that process to be as constructive as possible. And I hope the outcome can be as constructive as possible because of course while we're leaving the European Union, we mustn't be turning our backs on Europe. — David Cameron

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. — David Cameron

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. — David Cameron

We need to have a bigger and more significant role for national parliaments. There is not, in my view, a single European demos. — David Cameron

Easter is all about remembering the importance of change, responsibility, and doing the right thing for the good of our children. — David Cameron

The driving force behind today's terrorist threat is Islamist fundamentalism. The struggle we are engaged in is, at root, ideological. During the last century a strain of Islamist thinking has developed which, like other totalitarianisms, such as Nazism and Communism, offers its followers a form of redemption through violence. — David Cameron

Since 2004, Britain has been the destination for 1 in 5 of all inward investments into Europe. And being part of the Single Market has been key to that success. — David Cameron

We have put our country on solid ground, but let me tell you: The next five years are much, much more important. The next five years are about turning the good news in our economy into a good life for you and your family. — David Cameron

...if we all turned down the thermostat in our house by just one degree, we would save over £650 million worth of energy and nearly nine million tonnes of carbon emissions every year. That would be the equivalent of taking three million cars off our roads...we can bring about a Green Consumer Revolution in this country to improve our lives, enrich our economy and protect our environment. — David Cameron

It's time to place the market within a moral framework - even if that means standing up to companies who make life harder for parents and families. — David Cameron

I want to talk about the internet, the impact it’s having on the innocence of our children, how online pornography is corroding childhood and how, in the darkest corners of the internet, there are things going on that are a direct danger to our children and that must be stamped out. — David Cameron

Government has the power to help improve well-being — David Cameron

Britain could make her own way in the world, outside the EU, if we chose to do so. So could any other Member State. But the question we will have to ask ourselves is this: is that the very best future for our country? We will have to weigh carefully where our true national interest lies. — David Cameron

The economies in Europe that will prosper, are those that are the greenest and the most energy efficient — David Cameron

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity. — David Cameron

If Donald Trump came to visit Britain I think he would unite us all against him. — David Cameron

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

NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country. — David Cameron

Nelson Mandela was a towering figure in our time; a legend in life and now in death - a true global hero. — David Cameron

When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change. — David Cameron

Now I know which came first - the chicken not the egg. — David Cameron

Strong views exist on both sides but I believe MPs voting for gay people being able to marry too, is a step forward for our country. — David Cameron

Over the years, Britain has made her own, unique contribution to Europe. We have provided a haven to those fleeing tyranny and persecution. And in Europe's darkest hour, we helped keep the flame of liberty alight. Across the continent, in silent cemeteries, lie the hundreds of thousands of British servicemen who gave their lives for Europe's freedom. — David Cameron

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 — David Cameron

I know that the United Kingdom is sometimes seen as an argumentative and rather strong-minded member of the family of European nations. And it's true that our geography has shaped our psychology. We have the character of an island nation - independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. — David Cameron

Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to have legislation that independently targets BP rather than other companies? I don't think that - would be right. — David Cameron

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses. — David Cameron

You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments. And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you are potentially wrecking your own life too. — David Cameron

The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving National Health Service ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain. — David Cameron

The world economy is more stable than for a generation ... Our hugely sophisticated financial markets match funds with ideas better than ever before. — David Cameron

There is such a thing as society. It's just not the same thing as the state. — David Cameron

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press. — David Cameron

Life Lessons by David Cameron

1. David Cameron's work demonstrates the importance of taking a collaborative approach to politics, working with both sides of the political spectrum to achieve desired outcomes.
2. His commitment to public service and his dedication to his constituents is also an important lesson to be learned from his work.
3. Lastly, his ability to stay true to his values and convictions despite the challenges of the political arena is a testament to his leadership and character.