Michael Gove: In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve pe...

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

Michael Gove

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If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future.

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

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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.

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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.

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The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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