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" What I think is wrong is spending £9m of taxpayers' money on one particular piece of one-sided propaganda. "
Michael Gove
Propaganda
Money
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" There is no prospect of any of us being able to kick out any of the presidents of Europe; they operate in a sphere and a realm well away from and out of reach of and out of touch with the people. "
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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. "
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" One of the reasons why Australia and Canada have support for migration is because they control the numbers. "
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" I believed and hoped that we would be able to secure a deal with Europe which would enable us to amend free movement. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The First World War may have been a uniquely horrific war, but it was also plainly a just war. "
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" A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children. "
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" 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. "
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" Scottish nationalism has grown since we entered the European Union. "
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" 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. "
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" If you vote to leave the E.U.... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests. "
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" I am on the side of the people. "
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" Ed Balls keeps saying that we are committed to scrapping the EMA. I have never said this. We won't. "
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" 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. "
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" I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future. "
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" 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. "
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" Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children. "
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" In England, more than in any comparable country, those who are born poor are more likely to stay poor, and those who inherit privilege are more likely to pass on privilege. For those of us who believe in social justice, this stratification and segregation are morally indefensible. "
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" Our security and sovereignty stand together. "
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" Life would have been easier for me if I had taken the path of least resistance. "
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" 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. "
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" At the moment, I'm afraid that the discipline system doesn't give teachers the support that they need. One thing that I've been struck by is that the number of violent assaults on teachers increased last year. We need to be clear that teachers have the power they need in order to impose discipline. "
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" 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. "
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