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" One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year. "

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" There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do not speak foreign languages, and we just need to speak louder in English. "

" I was encouraged to stand for Parliament by David Cameron, and he has given me the opportunity to serve in what I believe is a great, reforming government. I think he is an outstanding Prime Minister. "

" 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.' "

" Scottish nationalism has grown since we entered the European Union. "

" What's a fact is that we give more than £350 million to the European Union and hand over control of that money to the European Union every week. "

" 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. "

" One thing is undeniable. If we are going to continue to have support for migration, we need to be able to control the numbers. "

" 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. "

" I will do exactly as the Prime Minister asks me. "

" No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities. "

" I prefer to take the view of businesspeople who are actually generating jobs and creating wealth. "

" Good schools should be left alone. "

" I want people to concentrate not on my job but on their jobs. "

" Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted. "

" You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?' "

" My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me. "

" One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about. "

" Were I ever alone in the dock, I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeit as a result of political pressures. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose. "

" I believed and hoped that we would be able to secure a deal with Europe which would enable us to amend free movement. "

" My parents adopted me, and then, by the age of four or five, I was asking all sorts of questions, and they found themselves with a son who was interested in the sorts of things that they valued but weren't natural to them. "

" One of the reasons why Australia and Canada have support for migration is because they control the numbers. "

" 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. "

" It's often the case that successful people invite criticism. "

" Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school. "

" I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves. "

" I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union. "

" 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.' "

" I recognise that fishing is perhaps not the most high-employment industry in this country, but it's a symbol of what we lost when we entered the E.U.: control over national resources that, if we retained them, we could have husbanded in our interest and, indeed, in the interest of others. "

" The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing. "

" At the beginning of the 20th century, the Conservative cabinet was called Hotel Cecil. "