Michael Gove Quotes
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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?'
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The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
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A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we have more environmentally sensitive planning, but we can have more homes and more schools.
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I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.
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The challenges facing Britain required not just a cool head, but a heart burning with the desire for change - not business as usual but a bold vision.
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For a few spotty years, I was that tragic geek
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Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.
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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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I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.
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Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.
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Boris Johnson is a man of great attributes and great qualities.
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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.
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There are huge challenges ahead for this country but also huge opportunities. We can make this country stronger and fairer.
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The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my leadership, it will be delivered.
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The British people rejected politics as usual and government as usual. They want and need a new approach to running this country.
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In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future.
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The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter.
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I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible consequences of the British people just taking control of our own destiny.And, the truth is, if we vote to Leave we will be in an economically stronger position. We will be able to take back some of the money that we currently give to the European Union and we can invest it in our priorities.
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They British people told us to restore democratic control of immigration policy and to spend their money on national priorities such as health, education and science instead of giving it to Brussels.
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It is a belief in human potential that has guided me through my time in Government.
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I think that the people of Great Britain have had enough of experts with organisations from acronyms saying - from organisations with acronyms - saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong, because these people - these people - are the same ones who got consistently wrong.
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It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.
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I'll negotiate with toughness, and with great attention to detail to get the best possible deal for Britain. It's only when we are outside the European Union that we can at last bring those numbers of migrants under control in the way that the public want.
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The reason I entered politics was a belief that the people of this country - having achieved so much that was good and noble in our past - had the potential to do amazing things in the future.