Michael Gove Quotes - Page 2

Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'.

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?'

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

We need to face the fact that we need more money in order to deliver Jeremy Hunt's absolutely correct drive to guarantee even better standards of care.

Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.

Our most important public service will always be the NHS. And I want to say something clear and unambiguous about the future of the health service.