Quote by Michael Gove
The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that w

The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter. – Michael Gove

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The single most important thing in a childs performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing. – Michael Gove

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inspirational
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Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. – Michael Gove

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Education
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Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children. – Michael Gove

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My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills. – Frederick Smith

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A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. – John C. Maxwell

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Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet. – Sherrod Brown

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The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it. – Cyril Falls

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