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" I just think it is entirely normal for the United Kingdom to be an independent nation state. "
Michael Gove
Independent
Think
Normal
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" The first thing I would like to say is that I don't think folk at Westminster - or for that matter at Holyrood - constitute an elite. They are representatives who are elected and who are at the service of voters who can fire them. "
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" It's the invincible arrogance of Europe's elites that gets me. These are people who have seen the euro collapse. These are people who are presiding over a migration crisis on their borders, and yet do they ever acknowledge that they need to change? No. They say they need more integration, more of our money, more control over this country. "
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" Whether we vote to leave or remain, there are risks to our future; there are challenges in the global economy. "
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" I sometimes think that the In campaign appears to be operating to a script written by George R.R. Martin and Stephen King - Brexit would mean a combination of 'A Feast for Crows' and 'Misery.' "
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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 found reading Alan Bennett striking because you have this sudden flash of recognition when you read about a boy who has intellectual interests utterly different from his parents. "
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" Well I've been crystal clear that we should not have schools which are set up by extremists whether they're Christian fundamentalists, Islamic fundamentalists or any other sort of outrageous and beyond the pale organization. "
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" There are great things that Britain can do in the future as a progressive beacon. By voting Leave, we have that opportunity. "
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" My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me. "
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Country
Always
" The economic basis on which Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish nationalists made the case for separation was based on an oil price much higher than it is at the moment, so there will be no case for it. "
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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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" 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 can't influence how other parties choose to vote. "
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" I want people to concentrate not on my job but on their jobs. "
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Jobs
Want
" As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined. "
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Best
" 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
" Jamie Dimon and J.P. Morgan are contributing millions to the Remain campaign because they do very nicely, thank you, out of the E.U. "
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Out
" Anyone who's working in manufacturing here should know they will have increased opportunities if we leave the European Union. "
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" The decision to trigger Article 50 is in the hands of the next prime minister. If that is me, I will make a judgement as to when is right for Britain, and I won't be hurried or hassled by anyone into pressing that button or triggering that article until I believe it is right for this country. "
Michael Gove
Decision
Me
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" My view is that those challenges will be easier to meet, those risks will be less if we vote to leave because we will have control of the economic levers; we will have control over money we send to the European Union. We will have control over our own laws, and as a result, we will be able to deal with whatever the world throws at us. "
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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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" At the beginning of the 20th century, the Conservative cabinet was called Hotel Cecil. "
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" You wouldn't tolerate an underperforming surgeon in an operating theatre, or a underperforming midwife at your child's birth. Why is it that we tolerate underperforming teachers in the classroom? "
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" Good schools should be left alone. "
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" Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture. "
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" There aren't many contemporary Christian leaders who are both energetic in their condemnation of the crimes of communism and robust in their analysis of the evil of Islamism, but Justin Welby stands out. "
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" The next leader of this country needs to be someone who believes heart and soul that Britain should be outside the European Union. "
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" I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change. "
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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. "
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