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"There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point."
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"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."

"Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent."

"We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it."

"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

"Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves."
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"What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again."

"I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months."

"I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal."

"If you invent the Mini Cooper, pour all your energy and passion into it and it gets made, you should be on a roll. In the film industry you have to start again the next day."

"My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do."

"There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point."

"Where the private sector, or anyone else, has skills, knowledge and resources that can help to deliver a high quality of education and to raise standards, we should use them."

"The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies."

"If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money."
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