“I think that the people of this country have had enough of experts with organisations from acronyms saying - from organisations with acronyms - saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong, because these people - these people - are the same ones who got consistently wrong.”

—  Michael Gove

6 June 2016, in interview with Faisal Islam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGgiGtJk7MA. Usually misquoted as "I think people in this country have had enough of experts" due to Islam interrupting Gove mid-sentence.

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