Liz Truss

Britain has always been at its most successful when it's a trading nation.

— Liz Truss

I think there's a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.

— Liz Truss

I've been anxious but not depressed. I'm an incorrigible optimist.

— Liz Truss

I'd love the job of Chancellor one day.

— Liz Truss

I'm a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.

— Liz Truss

If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.

— Liz Truss

I feel I've come home at the Treasury.

— Liz Truss

When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.

— Liz Truss

I'm very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.

— Liz Truss

I'm saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.

— Liz Truss

I have been the only female minister in every government department I've worked in.

— Liz Truss

I admire Peter Mandleson's chutzpah and the way he transformed the Labour party but not his dubious ideas about Europe and industrial…

— Liz Truss

I want people to buy British because it's the tastiest food and the most exciting food.

— Liz Truss

Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that's a great thing.

— Liz Truss

I have to admit I don't like pizza. I love it. And I am prepared to do literally anything to get my…

— Liz Truss

Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.

— Liz Truss

All of us in Parliament now have a responsibility to get on with the process of leaving the EU and securing a…

— Liz Truss

In London the average person is paying 50 per cent of their income on rent. Just think how much better off people…

— Liz Truss

Britain is the ideas factory of the world and has huge potential to benefit from the next technological revolution. Our future lies…

— Liz Truss

When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications. We had meetings throughout…

— Liz Truss

Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is. I have seen too many…

— Liz Truss

I love Britain. It really worries me, the prospect of Ed Miliband propped up by Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP and what…

— Liz Truss

Trade is critical to us all - it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment…

— Liz Truss

Schools receive 12% more per student for those doing media studies or psychology than they do for those doing maths. You could…

— Liz Truss

We've been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs, and I…

— Liz Truss

Women need to be less squeamish about making money.

— Liz Truss

I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.

— Liz Truss

I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.

— Liz Truss

We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.

— Liz Truss

We are working hard at home and on the international stage to further identify the problems on the horizon and to ensure…

— Liz Truss

It's almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.

— Liz Truss

I am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.

— Liz Truss

Let's cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax…

— Liz Truss

What I saw when I went to France was that really good quality education and childcare is seen there as a completely…

— Liz Truss

The British brand is so popular particularly in the US that they put the union jack flag on top of beer bottles…

— Liz Truss

Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.

— Liz Truss

I hate rodents. I mean, the House of Commons is completely infested. I will stand on a chair if I see one…

— Liz Truss

In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.

— Liz Truss

I'm proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May's Brexit plans.

— Liz Truss

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.

— Liz Truss