I want people to be the authors of their own life story.
I absolutely haven't set out to burnish a reputation as a macho figure by picking fights.
The majority people in this country are suffering because of our membership of the E.U.
You wouldn't tolerate an underperforming surgeon in an operating theatre, or a underperforming midwife at your child's birth. Why is it that we tolerate underperforming teachers in the classroom?
I am in favour of migration; I simply want to control the numbers.
One thing is undeniable. If we are going to continue to have support for migration, we need to be able to control the numbers.
One of the reasons why Australia and Canada have support for migration is because they control the numbers.
The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.
I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.
It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.
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.
No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.
Democratic self-government has manifestly brought benefits to India, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, South Korea, and scores of nations all making their way in the world.
I think, instead of the pessimism of the Remain campaign, we have an opportunity to think of the next generation. If we have faith in their talent, in their generosity, in their hard work, we can, if we leave the E.U., ensure the next generation makes this country once more truly great.
One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year.
What I think is wrong is spending £9m of taxpayers' money on one particular piece of one-sided propaganda.
Optimists - people who believe in Britain, who believe in democracy - they're the people I believe who will vote for us to leave and take back control.
The reason why I'm in Parliament is not really to see my colleagues win power; it is to see us at last in a position where we can give it up.
My sister and I know our lives could have been different - radically, unthinkably, irretrievably different - if we had not been adopted. We might have found ourselves in homes without love, stability or kindness. We might have found ourselves in care for much longer, without the secure attachment that being cradled in a mother's arms brings.
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.
