Quotes of the week

2nd December 2011, 12:00am

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Quotes of the week

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”(There) are people who fight hard for their members, and whom I respect. But there are also hardliners - militants itching for a fight.” - Westminster Education Secretary Michael Gove attacks union leaders as the strike looms.

“I would like to hear someone stand up in public and say, `Forced marriages are a good thing.’” - Professor Mona Siddiqui, the first Muslim professor appointed at Edinburgh’s New College, defies critics of new Scottish legislation outlawing forced marriage.

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