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" Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause. "

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" I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God. "

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" I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them. "