Quotes from Michael Gove

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

If you vote to leave the E.U.... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it.

As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined.

I think the people in this country have had enough of experts with organisations from acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong.

Hanging may seem barbarous, but the greater barbarity lies in the slow abandonment of our common law traditions.

Were I ever alone in the dock, I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeit as a result of political pressures. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose.

My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me.

One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about.

I was a union member in my youth as well and I went on strike, and I don't think it solved anything. It only made the situation worse for everyone involved.

The decision to trigger Article 50 is in the hands of the next prime minister. If that is me, I will make a judgement as to when is right for Britain, and I won't be hurried or hassled by anyone into pressing that button or triggering that article until I believe it is right for this country.

I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

I'm a decentralizer. I believe in trusting professionals.

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.

In England, more than in any comparable country, those who are born poor are more likely to stay poor, and those who inherit privilege are more likely to pass on privilege. For those of us who believe in social justice, this stratification and segregation are morally indefensible.

Barack Obama would never accept a court in Mexico decreeing what the law in the United States would be.

One thing is undeniable. If we are going to continue to have support for migration, we need to be able to control the numbers.

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.

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

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

I think it's time that we said to people who are incapable of acknowledging that they've ever got anything wrong: 'I'm sorry, you've had your day.' Unelected, unaccountable elites, I'm afraid it's time to say, 'You're fired. We are going to take back control.'

Our security and sovereignty stand together.

I have a brother-in-law who lives in Spain.