Michael Gove Quotes

Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.

It is a belief in human potential that has guided me through my time in Government.

I think that the message I have of optimism and hope about Britain's bright future outside the European Union is shared by many Conservative members and voters - indeed by a majority of the country.

It's often the case that successful people invite criticism.

I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.

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.

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.

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.

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

The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

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.

In order to be able to reduce migration we need to be outside the European Union.

Why ... do the myths of America the Hateful take such powerful hold? Because anti-Americanism provides a useful emotional function which goes beyond logic and reaches deep into the darker recesses of the European soul. In centuries past those on the Left who wished to personalise their hatred of capitalism, who sought to make it emotionally resonant by fastening an envious political passion on to a blameless scapegoat people, embraced anti-Semitism. It was the socialism of fools. Which is what anti-Americanism is now.

I will ensure we honour the instructions the British people have given us. I argued for specific changes in the referendum campaign, I believe in them, I will deliver them.

The British people rejected politics as usual and government as usual. They want and need a new approach to running this country.

I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.

I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more.

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.

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.

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

The promise to use the money we currently send to Brussels and invest it instead on the priorities of the British people - principally in the NHS - and to cut VAT on domestic fuel. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

Whoever the next prime minister of this country will be, it will be a female prime minister and a female prime minister who has formidable skills and I know whichever one of the two wins they will lead this country well.

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.

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

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.

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?'

Now that Britain has voted to leave, I think the country deserves to have a leader who believes in Britain outside the European Union and who also has experience at the highest level of government.

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.

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.

If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

It was a tough choice [of PM]. I voted for a Scotsman.

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.

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.

I will do everything that is required in order to bring immigration down to a level that is manageable, that the public believe is right.

When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.

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.

I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.

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 felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.

One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year.

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.

Let me first of all congratulate both of the candidates who have made it through - both Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are formidable politicians and they have fought great campaigns and they deserve to be in the final two.

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.

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.

I know what it's like to see someone lose their job as a result of the European Union. I saw my father lose his job, I saw his business go to the wall, I saw 24 people who he employed also lose their jobs.

The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.

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

I hope that in the days to come, I'll be able to convince my colleagues that I should be one of the candidates that Conservative party members can choose from.