Michael Gove Quotes - Page 2

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• The promise to take back control of our borders. I will end free movement, introduce an Australian-style points-based system for immigration, and bring numbers down. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

  Michael Gove

  Numbers, Style, Promise

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a result something that he been built up by by grandfather and maintained by my dad disappeared. So my dad suffered.

  Michael Gove

  Dad, Fishing, Scotland

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.

  Michael Gove

  Perfection, Trying, Fallen World

  "'Why should any teacher ever vote Tory?'". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. March 1, 2010.

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• The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad - Ernie and Christine. They went on to adopt my sister, who is profoundly deaf, and invested both of us with a love and support that informs everything I do today.

  Michael Gove

  Dad, Parent, Support

  "Michael Gove В has 'no charisma' but insists he is the 'change candidate' and will spend ВЈ100m a week on the NHS" by Christopher Hope, Kate McCann Cristina Criddle, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 1, 2016.

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• We have a unique chance to heal divisions, give everyone a stake in the future and set an example as the most creative, innovative and progressive country in the world.

  Michael Gove

  Country, Unique, Giving

  Michael Gove's Address ar the annual Conservative party conference in Birmingham, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2016.

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• I notice that the number of cosmetic-surgery operations has risen by 34 per cent in the past year. Once we subtract Jordan, Jodie Marsh and Michael Jackson from those figures, we can see that demand overall may have stabilised.

  Michael Gove

  Past, Years, Numbers

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

  Michael Gove

  School, Needs, Clear

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• One of the things I know about the European Union is that the European Union can destroy jobs.

  Michael Gove

  Jobs, Unions, European Union

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school.

  Michael Gove

  Teacher, School, Class

  "Schools get power to remove poor teachers within a term" by Jeevan Vasagar, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2012.

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• The British people voted for change.They sent us a clear instruction that they want Britain to leave the European Union and end the supremacy of EU law.

  Michael Gove

  Law, People, Unions

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• I will put my heart and soul into making sure that the care your son or daughter or mum or dad receives is the same I would want for my own family.

  Michael Gove

  Daughter, Dad, Heart

  "Michael Gove В has 'no charisma' but insists he is the 'change candidate' and will spend ВЈ100m a week on the NHS" by Christopher Hope, Kate McCann Cristina Criddle, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 1, 2016.

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• With the single exception of Park Lane, every north-south route in London slows traffic to the pace of a wounded gnat with pleurisy struggling with a squaddie's backpack.

  Michael Gove

  Struggle, Gnats, Pace

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• Whatever else I know, I know that if you invest love and care in any individual you can help them to make a difference, to write their own life story.

  Michael Gove

  Writing, Differences, Making A Difference

  "Michael Gove В has 'no charisma' but insists he is the 'change candidate' and will spend ВЈ100m a week on the NHS" by Christopher Hope, Kate McCann Cristina Criddle, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 1, 2016.

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• I remember my mum explaining to me what adoption meant when I was still at primary school. 'Son,' she said to me, 'you didn't grow under my heart, you grew in it'.

  Michael Gove

  Heart, School, Son

  "Michael Gove В has 'no charisma' but insists he is the 'change candidate' and will spend ВЈ100m a week on the NHS" by Christopher Hope, Kate McCann Cristina Criddle, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 1, 2016.

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• You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?'

  Michael Gove

  Daughter, Mother, Book

  "What does it mean to be an educated person?". Speech at the Brighton conference, www.gov.uk. May 9, 2013.

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• If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better position to deal with them.

  Michael Gove

  Bumps, Unions, Deals

  "EU referendum: Michael Gove on BBC's Question Time EU Special - as it happened" by Andrew Sparrow, Claire Phipps, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2016.

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• I love my parents in the way most children would: for having been there at every point in my youth and childhood, ready to pick me up when I fell and support me when I stumbled.

  Michael Gove

  Children, Support, Childhood

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• Let me first of all congratulate both of the candidates who have made it through - both Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are formidable politicians and they have fought great campaigns and they deserve to be in the final two.

  Michael Gove

  Two, Finals, Campaigns

  "Conservative leadership: Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom in battle to be prime minister after Michael Gove eliminated from contest" by Danny Boyle, Ben Riley-Smith, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 7, 2016.

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• We need a national ambition to build hundreds of thousands of new homes a year, both private and socially-rented - led by someone who will not take no for an answer and who will push for diggers in the ground and homes for all come what may.

  Michael Gove

  Home, Ambition, Years

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• There are huge challenges ahead for this country but also huge opportunities. We can make this country stronger and fairer.

  Michael Gove

  Country, Opportunity, Challenges

  Michael Gove's Address ar the annual Conservative party conference in Birmingham, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2016.

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• I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.

  Michael Gove

  Country, Want, Path

  Michael Gove's Address ar the annual Conservative party conference in Birmingham, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2016.

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• I will do everything that is required in order to bring immigration down to a level that is manageable, that the public believe is right.

  Michael Gove

  Believe, Order, Immigration

  Interview with Laura Kuenssberg, www.mirror.co.uk. June 30, 2016.

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• Because my parents took a risk on me not knowing a thing about me.They believed that in everyone there is potential - that by believing in someone, loving them, nurturing them, you can bring out that potential.

  Michael Gove

  Believe, Knowing, Parent

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• I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.

  Michael Gove

  Optimistic, Support, Messages

  "Conservative leadership election: Theresa May wins more than half of MPs' votes as Stephen Crabb pulls out and Liam Fox is eliminated" by Danny Boyle, Michael Wilkinson, Ben Riley-Smith, Szu Ping Chan, Steven Swinford, Peter Dominiczak, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 5, 2015.

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• I will lay out my plan for the United Kingdom, which I hope can provide unity and change.

  Michael Gove

  Unity, Kingdoms, United

  Michael Gove's Address ar the annual Conservative party conference in Birmingham, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2016.

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