Ability Quote by Daniel Hannan

Being speaker has afforded me a unique opportunity to serve parliament, for which I am immensely grateful.

— Betty Boothroyd

But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into…

— John Hutton

“Get into Parliament, make tiresome speeches; you will have great offers; do not accept them at first, then do: then make great provision for…

— Hans Stanley

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

Of course I want to be [prime minister].

— Jeremy Corbyn

I didn't think I would be prime minister, because I didn't consider it. But that's the power of saying yes, because there will be…

— Jacinda Ardern

The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.

— Michael Gove

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.

— George Bernard Shaw

I want to be Prime Minister, but I will stand for Mayor of London first.

— Mohamed Al-Fayed

Being a prime minister is a very demanding job. And as long as I have the strength, I will continue to do this and…

— Dmitry Medvedev

As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.

— John Hutton

Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.

— Jacques Delors