Iain Duncan Smith Quotes - Page 2

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• I am not going to go round trying to make people say 'Wow!'... I'm not going to play Hollywood lookalikes.

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  Play, People, Trying

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• 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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  Fashion, Children, Kids

  "The Conservative leadership campaign - in quotes" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2011.

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• 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?

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  Cutting, Needs, Limits

  "Iain Duncan Smith: Why he should look at himself before complaining about people living off the state" by Susie Boniface, www.mirror.co.uk. April 2, 2013.

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• I think that the status that you have in life should be reflected in official documents. If you are married, fine, if you are living with someone, fine, if you are single, fine. We don't want to tell people how to live their lives.

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  Thinking, People, Want

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• With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.

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  Want, Clients, Hours

  Welfare bill won't work, key advisers tell Iain Duncan Smith" by Daniel Boffey, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Birthday, Views, People

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• Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.

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  Jobs, People, Risk

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• All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.

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  Government, Damage, Behaviour

  "Reforming Welfare, Transforming Lives". Cambridge Public Policy lecture, www.ukpol.co.uk. October 25, 2012.

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• I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.

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  Children, Believe, People

  "An independent Scotland could not pay welfare bill, says Iain Duncan Smith". www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Father, Home, Kids

  "X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith" by Paul Lewis, Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Needs, Debt, Shapes

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• There is nothing people can throw at me to say: Do this, do that.

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  People

  "Iain Duncan Smith: I will tackle root causes of poverty" by Nicholas Watt and Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2010.

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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.

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  Needs, Littles, Protection

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• We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.

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  School, People, Promise

  "Iain Duncan Smith appeals to businesses to employ young Britons" by Adam Gabbatt, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Commitment, Sea, Cities

  "An independent Scotland could not pay welfare bill, says Iain Duncan Smith". www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2012.

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• Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.

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  Couple, Understanding, Break

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• Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.

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  Football, Team, Party

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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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  Responsibility, Able, Poverty

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• Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions for themselves.

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  Children, Parent, Decision

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

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  Jobs, Occupation, Lows

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

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  Becoming, Danger, Aspiration

  "Iain Duncan Smith vows to tackle 'absurd' welfare dependency", www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2010.

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• Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.

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  Hard Work, Balance, Trying

  "X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith". Interview with Patrick Wintour and Paul Lewis, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2011.

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

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  Thinking, Leader, Political

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

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  Powerful, Tools, Institutions

  "Marriage ruined by Hello! idea of weddings - Iain Duncan Smith" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2011.

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• We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.

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  Children, Outcomes, Evidence

  "Marriage ruined by Hello! idea of weddings - Iain Duncan Smith" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2011.

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