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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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" Life would have been easier for me if I had taken the path of least resistance. "

" Our security and sovereignty stand together. "

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

" The people I admire most are those doing outstanding things for the poorest children, such as Michael Wilshaw at Mossbourne academy, Dan Moynihan and all those at the Harris academies, and those at chains such as Ark and the Haberdashers, who are driving up standards in the poorest areas. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Making promises and then saddling yourself with a political system and a political union that means that you cannot deliver those promises, I fear, doesn't contribute to an atmosphere of trust and confidence in politics. "

" My sister and I know our lives could have been different - radically, unthinkably, irretrievably different - if we had not been adopted. We might have found ourselves in homes without love, stability or kindness. We might have found ourselves in care for much longer, without the secure attachment that being cradled in a mother's arms brings. "

" Hanging may seem barbarous, but the greater barbarity lies in the slow abandonment of our common law traditions. "

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

" Traditional Anglicans - whether in Nigeria or Nottingham - have been wary, at best, of the acceptance and welcome given to gay men and women and their sexual choices by secular society. "

" If you vote to leave the E.U.... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it. "

" I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests. "

" The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads. "

" I think, instead of the pessimism of the Remain campaign, we have an opportunity to think of the next generation. If we have faith in their talent, in their generosity, in their hard work, we can, if we leave the E.U., ensure the next generation makes this country once more truly great. "

" I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future. "

" The ability to choose who governs us, and the freedom to change laws we do not like, were secured for us in the past by radicals and liberals who took power from unaccountable elites and placed it in the hands of the people. "

" I absolutely think that David Cameron should stay, whatever the result of the referendum, and I hope that he will stay for the full second term which he was elected to serve. "

" When we vote to leave, I think a majority of people in Scotland will also vote to leave as well. "

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

" Children in dysfunctional homes at risk of abuse are kept in danger for too long because politically correct rules mean we won't challenge unfit parents. "

" 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. "

" I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle. "

" I know myself, from my own background, the E.U. depresses employment and destroys jobs. My father had a business destroyed by the common fisheries policy. "

" What we're doing now is we're saying that individual schools can spend the money on their own priorities, so that head teachers can decide what's truly important, because the big shift in approach on education that we're taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads. "

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

" 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? "

" If events had taken a different course, I could have been one of those children going to a school without the sorts of opportunities that I've subsequently had. "

" The reason why I'm in Parliament is not really to see my colleagues win power; it is to see us at last in a position where we can give it up. "