Iain Duncan Smith

“The best route out of poverty is work.”

“The purpose of welfare is to help people into work, not to trap them in dependency.”

“The European Union I voted to join... is not the European Union we have today.”

“My vision is of a country where people are not trapped on welfare for generations.”

“I believe that the family is the building block of society.”

“I came into politics to change lives for the better.”

“A life on benefits is no life at all for the vast majority of people.”

“Universal credit is a paradigm shift in the welfare state.”

“Never, ever, ever believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”

“The quiet man is turning up the volume.”

“Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.”

“It is a moral purpose to get people off welfare and into work.”

“Our job is to make work pay.”

“I am a low-tax Conservative. I believe in leaving people with more of their own money.”