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" We have the opportunity not just to choose our job or profession, but also to choose the sort of life we want to live and the imprint we will leave on others. "

Michael Gove

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" 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. "

" Many more schools can be outstanding. "

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

" I was very lucky in that I had a couple of teachers who were particularly supportive. "

" 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. "

" Jamie Dimon and J.P. Morgan are contributing millions to the Remain campaign because they do very nicely, thank you, out of the E.U. "

" Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life. "

" 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 found reading Alan Bennett striking because you have this sudden flash of recognition when you read about a boy who has intellectual interests utterly different from his parents. "

" The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter. "

" 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. "

" I won't criticise anyone else's statements, and the public will make up their own minds. And if the public think that any side or any individual has strayed too far away from what's expected of public representatives, then they'll make that judgement. "

" I can't foretell the future, but I don't believe that the act of leaving the European Union would make our economic position worse; I think it would make it better. "

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

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

" I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools. "

" 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 have a brother-in-law who lives in Spain. "

" A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we have more environmentally sensitive planning, but we can have more homes and more schools. "

" You know you don't see hospital consultants going on strike, and I don't believe that teachers and head teachers should. It's within their rights, it's a civil right, but I think it is wrong in terms of the reputation of the profession. "

" It is vital that teachers can be paid more without having to leave the classroom. This will be particularly important to schools in the most disadvantaged areas as it will empower them to attract and recruit the best teachers. "

" Labor, under their current leadership, want to be the Downtown Abbey party when it comes to educational opportunity. They think working class children should stick to the station in life they were born into - they should be happy to be recognized for being good with their hands and not presume to get above themselves. "

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

" I put my country and my principles first. "

" As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined. "

" 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? "

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

Michael Gove

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