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" I don't think I'm a revolutionary, and I'd certainly be an unlikely one. "
Michael Gove
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" I won't criticise anyone else's statements, and the public will make up their own minds. And if the public think that any side or any individual has strayed too far away from what's expected of public representatives, then they'll make that judgement. "
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" I have a brother-in-law who lives in Spain. "
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" One thing is undeniable. If we are going to continue to have support for migration, we need to be able to control the numbers. "
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" I think it's time that we said to people who are incapable of acknowledging that they've ever got anything wrong: 'I'm sorry, you've had your day.' Unelected, unaccountable elites, I'm afraid it's time to say, 'You're fired. We are going to take back control.' "
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" I believed and hoped that we would be able to secure a deal with Europe which would enable us to amend free movement. "
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" I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future. "
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" The Government wants to give young people from every community the chance to learn about the heroism and sacrifice of our great-grandparents, which is why we are organising visits to the battlefields of the Western Front. "
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" I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created. "
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Starting
Low
" I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests. "
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Personal
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" The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility. "
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Key
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" The First World War may have been a uniquely horrific war, but it was also plainly a just war. "
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" I don't think there will be a recession as a result of a vote to leave. "
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Vote
Will
" Barack Obama would never accept a court in Mexico decreeing what the law in the United States would be. "
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Accept
Never
Mexico
" Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture. "
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Culture
Children
Teachers
" Ed Balls keeps saying that we are committed to scrapping the EMA. I have never said this. We won't. "
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Said
Never
" The free market is not a god; we have to do everything we can to make the market competitive. "
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Competitive
Make
Everything
" I put my country and my principles first. "
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Put
Country
" There is no prospect of any of us being able to kick out any of the presidents of Europe; they operate in a sphere and a realm well away from and out of reach of and out of touch with the people. "
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Reach
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" Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent. "
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Parent
" We have the opportunity not just to choose our job or profession, but also to choose the sort of life we want to live and the imprint we will leave on others. "
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Opportunity
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" In England, more than in any comparable country, those who are born poor are more likely to stay poor, and those who inherit privilege are more likely to pass on privilege. For those of us who believe in social justice, this stratification and segregation are morally indefensible. "
Michael Gove
Born
Justice
Poor
" I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves. "
Michael Gove
Trust Me
Public
Me
" I prefer to take the view of businesspeople who are actually generating jobs and creating wealth. "
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Take
Creating
Wealth
" My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me. "
Michael Gove
Judgment
Country
Always
" The ability to choose who governs us, and the freedom to change laws we do not like, were secured for us in the past by radicals and liberals who took power from unaccountable elites and placed it in the hands of the people. "
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Past
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" When we vote to leave, I think a majority of people in Scotland will also vote to leave as well. "
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Well
People
Think
" I can't influence how other parties choose to vote. "
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How
Choose
" There are all sorts of people who will say disobliging things about me. I don't mind that. I would rather people said, 'This is a man that sticks to his principles, not a man who's worried about popularity.' "
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" Children in dysfunctional homes at risk of abuse are kept in danger for too long because politically correct rules mean we won't challenge unfit parents. "
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Parents
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" I was a union member in my youth as well and I went on strike, and I don't think it solved anything. It only made the situation worse for everyone involved. "
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