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" What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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" We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them. "

Iain Duncan Smith

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

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" 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

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

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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not. "

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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. "

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" I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that. "

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" 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

" A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" 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. "

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

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

Iain Duncan Smith

" My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work. "

Iain Duncan Smith

" By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown. "

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

" Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have? "

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

" 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. "

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" 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

" If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement. "

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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. "

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

Iain Duncan Smith

" After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair. "

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" People work hard. "

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" 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. "

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