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The challenges facing Britain required not just a cool head, but a heart burning with the desire for change - not business as usual but a bold vision.

I believed and hoped that we would be able to secure a deal with Europe which would enable us to amend free movement.

I will lay out my plan for the United Kingdom which I hope can provide unity and change.

The First World War may have been a uniquely horrific war, but it was also plainly a just war.

I am on the side of the people.

It's often the case that successful people invite criticism.

The reason why I'm in Parliament is not really to see my colleagues win power; it is to see us at last in a position where we can give it up.

I put my country and my principles first.

There wasn't a Scottish nationalist MP elected at any general election when we were outside the E.U.

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

There are great things that Britain can do in the future as a progressive beacon. By voting Leave, we have that opportunity.

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

I will do everything that is required in order to bring immigration down to a level that is manageable, that the public believe is right.

What I think is wrong is spending Â£9m of taxpayers' money on one particular piece of one-sided propaganda.

I prefer to take the view of businesspeople who are actually generating jobs and creating wealth.

I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.

It is a belief in human potential that has guided me through my time in Government.

You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?'

I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.

There are huge challenges ahead for this country but also huge opportunities. We can make this country stronger and fairer.

Don't belittle the hurt that has been caused by the job-destroying machine that is the European Union.

We have, in the E.U., a market rigged in favour of the rich and stacked against the poor, and I think that's wrong.

One of the reasons why Australia and Canada have support for migration is because they control the numbers.

In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.

I don't think there will be a recession as a result of a vote to leave.

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

Too many people go to university.

I am in favour of migration; I simply want to control the numbers.

Many more schools can be outstanding.

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.

Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.

A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children.

I can't influence how other parties choose to vote.

The free market is not a god; we have to do everything we can to make the market competitive.

There are economic risks if we leave, economic risks if we remain.

It was a tough choice [of PM]. I voted for a Scotsman.

My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy, the European Union.

I believed we needed someone who would be able to build a team, lead and unite. I hoped that person would be Boris Johnson.

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

I just think it is entirely normal for the United Kingdom to be an independent nation state.

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

Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.

Hanging may seem barbarous, but the greater barbarity lies in the slow abandonment of our common law traditions.

Anyone who's working in manufacturing here should know they will have increased opportunities if we leave the European Union.

If you vote to leave the E.U ... we will have additional flexibility to help industries who really need it.

One of the things I know about the European Union is that the European Union can destroy jobs.

I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

The British people rejected politics as usual and government as usual. They want and need a new approach to running this country.

Whether we vote to leave or remain, there are risks to our future; there are challenges in the global economy.

I absolutely haven't set out to burnish a reputation as a macho figure by picking fights.

I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

I'm one of many who have seen their parents and their friends lose their jobs, lose their income, lose their livelihood because of the European Union.

Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.

The majority people in this country are suffering because of our membership of the E.U.

Scottish nationalism has grown since we entered the European Union.

What's a fact is that we give more than Â£350 million to the European Union and hand over control of that money to the European Union every week.

My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me.

If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.

I have a brother-in-law who lives in Spain.

Ed Balls keeps saying that we are committed to scrapping the EMA. I have never said this. We won't.

I'm a decentralizer. I believe in trusting professionals.

I don't think I'm a revolutionary, and I'd certainly be an unlikely one.

One of reasons I was able to go to university was because of the sacrifices my family made.

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

One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year.

Jamie Dimon and J.P. Morgan are contributing millions to the Remain campaign because they do very nicely, thank you, out of the E.U.

I will put my heart and soul into making sure that the care your son or daughter or mum or dad receives is the same I would want for my own family.

Whatever else I know, I know that if you invest love and care in any individual you can help them to make a difference, to write their own life story.

The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.

If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better position to deal with them.

I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.

I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.

Our most important public service will always be the NHS. And I want to say something clear and unambiguous about the future of the health service.

If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

Boris Johnson is a man of great attributes and great qualities.

The next leader of this country needs to be someone who believes heart and soul that Britain should be outside the European Union.

Barack Obama would never accept a court in Mexico decreeing what the law in the United States would be.

I'm not interested in defending the position of those who already have money, power and privilege.

I want people to concentrate not on my job but on their jobs.

I was very lucky in that I had a couple of teachers who were particularly supportive.

The people who are backing the Remain campaign are people who have done very well, thank you, out of the European Union.

Our security and sovereignty stand together.

Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school.

In order to be able to reduce migration we need to be outside the European Union.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union.

People should vote for democracy, and Britain should vote for hope.

Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.

One thing is undeniable. If we are going to continue to have support for migration, we need to be able to control the numbers.

For a few spotty years, I was that tragic geek

Good schools should be left alone.

I will take all the steps necessary to give the NHS at least another Â£100million per week by 2020.

I will do exactly as the Prime Minister asks me.

When we vote to leave, I think a majority of people in Scotland will also vote to leave as well.