Michael Gove Quotes

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Michael Gove

Profession : Politician

Birth : August 26, 1967

Traditional Anglicans - whether in Nigeria or Nottingham - have been wary, at best, of the acceptance and welcome given to gay men and women and their sexual choices by secular society.

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There aren't many contemporary Christian leaders who are both energetic in their condemnation of the crimes of communism and robust in their analysis of the evil of Islamism, but Justin Welby stands out.

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In my view, our immigration policy means that we have some people who can come into this country - who we might want to say no to - and others, who we might want to attract, who can't currently come in.

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Anyone who's working in manufacturing here should know they will have increased opportunities if we leave the European Union.

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Optimists - people who believe in Britain, who believe in democracy - they're the people I believe who will vote for us to leave and take back control.

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I will do exactly as the Prime Minister asks me.

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I want people to concentrate not on my job but on their jobs.

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Making promises and then saddling yourself with a political system and a political union that means that you cannot deliver those promises, I fear, doesn't contribute to an atmosphere of trust and confidence in politics.

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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 have specifically argued that we need to change our relationship with the European Union by fundamentally reforming not just our relationship but the European Union itself.

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I was encouraged to stand for Parliament by David Cameron, and he has given me the opportunity to serve in what I believe is a great, reforming government. I think he is an outstanding Prime Minister.

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I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.

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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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The free market is not a god; we have to do everything we can to make the market competitive.

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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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At the beginning of the 20th century, the Conservative cabinet was called Hotel Cecil.

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I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

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I don't think I'm a revolutionary, and I'd certainly be an unlikely one.

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I absolutely haven't set out to burnish a reputation as a macho figure by picking fights.

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I sometimes think that the In campaign appears to be operating to a script written by George R.R. Martin and Stephen King - Brexit would mean a combination of 'A Feast for Crows' and 'Misery.'

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