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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.”
“There are economic risks if we leave, economic risks if we remain.”
“Jamie Dimon and J.P. Morgan are contributing millions to the Remain campaign because they do very nicely, thank you, out of the E.U.”
“One of the reasons why Australia and Canada have support for migration is because they control the numbers.”
“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?'”
“I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.”
“I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.”
“Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.”
“In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.”
“My parents adopted me, and then, by the age of four or five, I was asking all sorts of questions, and they found themselves with a son who was interested in the sorts of things that they valued but weren't natural to them.”
“The people who are backing the Remain campaign are people who have done very well, thank you, out of the European Union.”
“It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn through play, master social skills and prepare for formal schooling.”
“I want people to concentrate not on my job but on their jobs.”
“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.”
“If you vote to leave the E.U.... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it.”
“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.”
“The reason why I'm in Parliament is not really to see my colleagues win power; it is to see us at last in a position where we can give it up.”
“I can't influence how other parties choose to vote.”
“I will do exactly as the Prime Minister asks me.”
“The majority people in this country are suffering because of our membership of the E.U.”