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" People work hard. "
Iain Duncan Smith
Hard
Work
People
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" 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. "
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" In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours. "
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" Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere. "
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" Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about. "
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" What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved - a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable. "
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" 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. "
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" There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage. "
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" What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed. "
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Clear
" I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within our trading relationships within Europe but we can also be a fantastic global trader. "
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Argument
Relationships
" 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. "
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Life
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Destroy
Now
" 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. "
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Culture
People
Look
" No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics. "
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Interested
Politics
Out
" 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. "
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" The BBC is locked to the reading of the economy that is run out of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' office. They think if only you spend and borrow more money you can create growth everywhere. "
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Money
" The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to. "
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" 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. "
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Support
" 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. "
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Society
" 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. "
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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. "
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" Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available. "
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City
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