Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Iain Duncan Smith - Page 2

In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene.

My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.

Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.

The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids,' is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most.

In many ways Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when universal credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.

The person that takes over needs to have the skills to manage that ... I believe Andrea [Leadsom] has the edge.

I am also incredibly proud of my party because today we have two strong woman candidates going to the country, we will have a women PM and it is the Conservative party yet again leading the way on this and it says to women all over the country you can get to the top.

I am not going to go round trying to make people say 'Wow!'... I'm not going to play Hollywood lookalikes.

If you knowingly and willingly embark on criminal behaviour, the consequences of that should be... that you lose some of your benefits under the current system

[Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people.

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.

You cannot stop what the public want. The public want two strong women in the final round and then a woman prime minister and I'm absolutely with that.

All I can say to the others is, 'Look out, we're on our way.

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

I have two daughters, it really means a lot to me to have two women standing now and being the PM.