Iain Duncan Smith Quotes

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
Iain Duncan Smith

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.
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Life, Family, Positive

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.
Iain Duncan Smith

Leadership, Important, Political

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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Society, Support, System

Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.
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Break, Couples, Families

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.
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Life, Work, Great

With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.
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Work, Different, Put

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.
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Family, Health, Failure

For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.
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Work, Family, Money

No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that.
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Great, Saying, Getting

The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
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That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.
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Children, Parents, Together

A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations.
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Good, Jobs, Foreign

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
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After, Unfair, System

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.
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Seems, Danger, Becoming

Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.
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Work, Hard, Try

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?
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Fact, Cut, Limit

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.
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Political, Leader, Almost

I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.
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Past, Career, Down

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'
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Money, Kids, Meant

My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.
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After, Personal, View

No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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Politics, Interested, Whom

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.
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Marriage, Political, Politician

People work hard.
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The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.
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Family, High, Financial

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: April 9, 1954

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