Iain Duncan Smith Quotes

There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.
Iain Duncan Smith

Marriage, Powerful, Few

There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
Iain Duncan Smith

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
Iain Duncan Smith

Society, Children, Ignore

We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them.
Iain Duncan Smith

Best, Around, Sure

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
Iain Duncan Smith

Success, Work, Hard

We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
Iain Duncan Smith

Work, Society, Challenge

We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.
Iain Duncan Smith

Young, System, Promise

Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly.
Iain Duncan Smith

Everything, Down, Again

What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.
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Happened, Clear, Changed

What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved - a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable.
Iain Duncan Smith

War, After, Days

When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
Iain Duncan Smith

Good, Government, Bad

With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.
Iain Duncan Smith

Work, Cannot, High

Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.
Iain Duncan Smith

Life, Work, Age

You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often innocent bystanders get caught up in it.
Iain Duncan Smith

Violence, Often, Result

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Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: April 9, 1954

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