Author: Michael Gove

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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

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

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

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

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

- Michael Gove

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

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