Philip Hammond Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Historically, Heathrow has been something of a joke, outweighed by its excellent connections. We have to aspire to having an airport at Heathrow with two runways which is a world-class airport. It's a big challenge.”

“It is not whether an independent Scotland could go it alone and develop its own defence forces - of course it could - but what sort of forces would they be?”

“Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.”

“When ministers in this government talk about investing in education and skills, about making the planning system work; about employment law reform and delivering transport and power generation and broadband communication infrastructure, we are talking about raising Britain's productivity.”

“Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would threaten regional and global economic growth. Any attempt by Iran to close the Straits would be illegal and unsuccessful.”

“Cyber weapons provide the tantalising possibility of being able to cripple the enemy without inflicting lasting damage on them.”

“You shouldn't send people out to do a job which you cannot afford to equip them to do.”

“Many people in Britain will regard the end of combat in Afghanistan as a very good news story, but for many young men and women joining the Armed Forces, the lure of operations is a big recruiting sergeant, and we have to think how we are going to replace the excitement of operations for them with equally stimulating training and exercising.”

“The military never uses a full word if they can create an abbreviation.”

“Britain is one of the world's most open economies. More dependent on trade than any other major country. Our success depends on our competitiveness and our competitiveness depends on raising our productivity, as our competitors are raising theirs.”