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" Were I ever alone in the dock, I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeit as a result of political pressures. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose. "

Michael Gove

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

" I just think it is entirely normal for the United Kingdom to be an independent nation state. "

" One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about. "

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

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Debt

" Optimists - people who believe in Britain, who believe in democracy - they're the people I believe who will vote for us to leave and take back control. "

" At the beginning of the 20th century, the Conservative cabinet was called Hotel Cecil. "

" 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. "

" There aren't many contemporary Christian leaders who are both energetic in their condemnation of the crimes of communism and robust in their analysis of the evil of Islamism, but Justin Welby stands out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What I think is wrong is spending £9m of taxpayers' money on one particular piece of one-sided propaganda. "

" Anyone who's working in manufacturing here should know they will have increased opportunities if we leave the European Union. "

" I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created. "

" I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more. "

" It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning. "

" 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. "

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

" The majority people in this country are suffering because of our membership of the E.U. "

" The decision to trigger Article 50 is in the hands of the next prime minister. If that is me, I will make a judgement as to when is right for Britain, and I won't be hurried or hassled by anyone into pressing that button or triggering that article until I believe it is right for this country. "

Michael Gove

Decision

Hands

" I was a union member in my youth as well and I went on strike, and I don't think it solved anything. It only made the situation worse for everyone involved. "

" 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. "

" People should vote for democracy, and Britain should vote for hope. "

" I think the people in this country have had enough of experts with organisations from acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong. "

" The economic basis on which Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish nationalists made the case for separation was based on an oil price much higher than it is at the moment, so there will be no case for it. "

" A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children. "

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

" There are economic risks if we leave, economic risks if we remain. "