#own

For people to be able to sit down together and have a conversation, that's the power of love. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#conversation #down #love #people #power

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#behaviour #breakdown #case #classic #containing

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#birth #breakdown #children #driving #family

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. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#address #benefits #breakdown #debt #difficulty

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#frowned #mainstream #marriage #mentions #over

I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#benefits #children #come #dependent #desperate

I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#am #came #career #down #i

The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#costs #family #financial #high #incredibly

Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#back #critical #debt #deficit #down

You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often innocent bystanders get caught up in it. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#caught #forest #gang #gang violence #get