We’re not moralising, but it’s a sin

Iain Duncan Smith, launching his welfare reforms on Thursday 11 November 2010:

These announcements are an important step towards reform. They aren’t driven by a desire to moralise or lecture.

Iain Duncan Smith, speaking about his welfare reforms on Thursday 11 November 2010:

[I]t’s a sin that people fail to take up work

(For more on the government’s use of language, start here.)

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