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" 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. "

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" That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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" Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work. "

" We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them. "

" I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that. "

" The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them. "

" There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage. "

" 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. "

" The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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Having

" Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions for themselves. "

" When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.' "

" Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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Understanding

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man. "

" 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. "

" A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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Jobs

" 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. "

" Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. "

" There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.' "

Iain Duncan Smith

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Say

" All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded; and they live in neighbourhoods where worklessness, addiction and crime are rife. "

" We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children. "

" 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. "

" Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available. "

" When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating. "

" 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. "

" We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work. "

" 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. "