I suppose I've always put the career, the job and politics, all of that first. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
We need to stand over our policies when negotiating a programme for government. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I always think that friends and family are off-bounds. I went into politics; they didn't. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I would love to believe that my political judgment is impeccable, but it's not. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
Politicians should trust people with the truth. Very often, we don't do that. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
My job as Taoiseach, and the job of any government, of course, is to represent all people. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
It's fair to say that the policy and character of my government would be, or the government which I lead, would be… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
My mum wanted me to be a doctor like my dad, and at 7, I really wanted to be a politician, and… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
The traditional divide between left and right, capital and labor, small state and big state, high taxes and low taxes doesn't define… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
It's one of my government's ambitions to secure a seat for Ireland on the U.N. Security Council so that we can play… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I've never had a choice of which government department I would hold. I've always been assigned a department by the Taoiseach. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
It's not something that defines me. I'm not a half-Indian politician or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter...… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
Fine Gael needs to be Fine Gael and needs to stand its ground. It should not sacrifice its politics for position in… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
Neither of my parents are involved in politics or anything like that, but my dad is political, certainly, and we would have… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I'll demand of myself and my own government what, in the past, I insisted of others. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I don't see myself in politics at 51. I definitely want to do something else. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
Politicians should not get involved in the detail of clinical criteria and shouldn't be arguing with professors and consultants over whether there… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
My difficulty with the whole right-left construct is that I don't think it describes modern politics or the modern choices that people… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who want to retain the Eighth Amendment - I don't agree with that view myself - there are… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
Whatever happens with Brexit, what I am absolutely convinced will not happen is that free movement of individuals, free movement of people, will not… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
If Britain doesn't stay in the Single Market or Customs Union, we are very much in favor of a free trade agreement between the… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
I don't see myself in politics at 51. I definitely want to do something else. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
Politicians should trust people with the truth. Very often, we don't do that. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
Often, the people who speak loudest about republican values are the least when it comes to honouring them. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
People travel overseas to do things overseas that aren't legal in Ireland all the time. You know, are we going to stop people going… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
What are these better deals the U.K. really wants from Europe and other countries? Some more clarity would be helpful. — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
The traditional divide between left and right, capital and labor, small state and big state, high taxes and low taxes doesn't define politics in… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
I consider myself pro-life, as I accept that the unborn is a human life with rights, and I do not support abortion on request… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
It's the middle class; it's middle Ireland, and it's a group of people who often feel that they contribute a lot to the economy… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
My opinion has always been that when it comes to deciding where specialist centres should be located, whether they are regional or national specialities,… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share
