I recognise that fishing is perhaps not the most high-employment industry in this country, but it’s a symbol of what we lost when we entered the E.U.: control over national resources that, if we retained them, we could have husbanded in our interest and, indeed, in the interest of others. Michael Gove Read Quote
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. Michael Gove Read Quote
I was very lucky in that I had a couple of teachers who were particularly supportive. Michael Gove Read Quote
If events had taken a different course, I could have been one of those children going to a school without the sorts of opportunities that I’ve subsequently had. Michael Gove Read Quote
If we, in the future, have confidence in ourselves, then there’s no limit to what we can achieve, and I think the depressing litany… that we hear from the Remain side is not the type of approach we should take into the future. Michael Gove Read Quote
Life would have been easier for me if I had taken the path of least resistance. Michael Gove Read Quote
The first thing I would like to say is that I don’t think folk at Westminster – or for that matter at Holyrood – constitute an elite. They are representatives who are elected and who are at the service of voters who can fire them. Michael Gove Read Quote
I was encouraged to stand for Parliament by David Cameron, and he has given me the opportunity to serve in what I believe is a great, reforming government. I think he is an outstanding Prime Minister. Michael Gove Read Quote
I think the depressing litany of projections about World War Three and global Brexit recession we hear from the Remain side is not the sort of approach we should take into the future. Michael Gove Read Quote