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

Iain Duncan Smith

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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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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

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" Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most. That is what being in the United Kingdom is all about. "

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" People work hard. "

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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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" We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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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" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often innocent bystanders get caught up in it. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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

Iain Duncan Smith

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

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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

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