92 Quotes by Iain Duncan Smith

If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement.

If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

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.

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.

For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.

My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.

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

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?