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It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force.
- Philip Hammond
#Assume
#Defence
#Force
#Gamble
#Would
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?
- Philip Hammond
#Alone
#Defence
#Go
#Independent
#Own
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.
- Philip Hammond
#Airport
#Big
#Challenge
#Something
#Two
The North Koreans or Chinese may have a million men in uniform but it's about how you perform.
- Philip Hammond
#About
#How
#Men
#Million
#Uniform
The military never uses a full word if they can create an abbreviation.
- Philip Hammond
#Create
#Full
#Military
#Never
#Word
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.
- Philip Hammond
#Change
#Me
#Rules
#Try
#Way
I remember the day after the general election when Harold Wilson had lost, I remember quite clearly cycling from my house in Hutton along Long Ridings and feeling what a relief to live in a country with a Tory government again.
- Philip Hammond
#Day
#Election
#Government
#Live
#Long
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.
- Philip Hammond
#Economic Growth
#Flow
#Growth
#Oil
It is in all our interests that the arteries of global trade are kept free, open and running.
- Philip Hammond
#Free
#Global
#Open
#Running
#Trade
We have got this Damocles' sword of Standard and Poor's hanging over us, with the commitment they have made to review Britain's credit rating in the summer of 2010 after the general election. Everybody in Britain has a vital interest in ensuring that the triple A credit rating agency is maintained.
- Philip Hammond
#Commitment
#Election
#Poor
#Sword
#Us
Cyber weapons provide the tantalising possibility of being able to cripple the enemy without inflicting lasting damage on them.
- Philip Hammond
#Being
#Cyber
#Enemy
#Weapons
#Without
You shouldn't send people out to do a job which you cannot afford to equip them to do.
- Philip Hammond
#Afford
#Cannot
#Job
#People
#Send
While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.
- Philip Hammond
#Believe
#Field
#Free
#I Believe
#Open
More and more, modern warfare will be about people sitting in bunkers in front of computer screens, whether remotely piloted aircraft or cyber weapons.
- Philip Hammond
#Cyber
#More
#People
#Sitting
#Will
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.
- Philip Hammond
#Communication
#Education
#Power
#Work
There is a real sense of anger among many people who are married that the government, any government, thinks it has the ability to change the definition of an institution like marriage.
- Philip Hammond
#Anger
#Change
#Government
#Marriage
#Who
Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.
- Philip Hammond
#Defence
#Exit
#Independence
#Risk
#Rush
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