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" After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair. "
Iain Duncan Smith
System
Complex
Unfair
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" I think that the status that you have in life should be reflected in official documents. If you are married, fine, if you are living with someone, fine, if you are single, fine. We don't want to tell people how to live their lives. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Life
Live
Living
" The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Values
Faith
Future
" I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Think
Political
Always
" It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Work
Place
Morning
" If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Culture
People
Look
" Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad. "
Iain Duncan Smith
People
Work
Work Hard
" Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Over
Years
Marriage
" With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Politics
Leave
Think
" You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often innocent bystanders get caught up in it. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Know
Forest
You
" I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Family
Work
Time
" The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Any
Go
Having
" The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Family
High
Financial
" With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Child
Doing
Growing Up
" With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Want
Over
Clients
" Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Need
Said
Rest
" What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Evidence
Changed
Clear
" I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Doing
World
Always
" Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have? "
Iain Duncan Smith
Really
Your
You
" Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Chance
Work
Opportunity
" My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Always
View
Anything
" Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Need
Economy
Down
" A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Now
Society
Support
" In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Most
Broken
Same
" Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt - all this can do more for a child's well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Money
Work
Family
" For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Family
Work
Yourself
" By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Children
Relationship
Good
" Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Becoming
Seems
Aspiration
" No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Interested
Politics
Out
" If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Quality
Hard Work
Life
" My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work. "
Iain Duncan Smith
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Income