Author: Michael Gove

Quotes

The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

- Michael Gove

I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future.

I think the principal purpose of education is to allow each of us, when we become adults, to shape our own future.

- Michael Gove

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.

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.

- Michael Gove

I want people to be the authors of their own life story.

I want people to be the authors of their own life story.

- Michael Gove

Life would have been easier for me if I had taken the path of least resistance.

Life would have been easier for me if I had taken the path of least resistance.

- Michael Gove

We have the opportunity not just to choose our job or profession, but also to choose the sort of life we want to live and the imprint we will leave on others.

We have the opportunity not just to choose our job or profession, but also to choose the sort of life we want to live and the imprint we will leave on others.

- Michael Gove

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