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No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K.
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Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.
George Osborne
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I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
George Osborne -
There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank.
George Osborne -
I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system.
George Osborne -
Britain can choose, as others are, short term fixes and more stimulus. Or we can lead the world with long-term solutions to long-term problems.
George Osborne -
Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.
George Osborne -
We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.
George Osborne
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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
George Osborne -
I am a social liberal.
George Osborne -
Working people of this country want economic security. The worst possible thing you can do for those families is bust the public finances, have some welfare system this country can't afford.
George Osborne -
If the E.U. allows itself to be priced out of the world economy, the next generation will not get jobs, living standards will decline, and the Union will lose the popular consent of the people of Europe.
George Osborne -
Well can I just say unlike my predecessors, Conservative and Labour, I have set up an independent body that studies whether what I'm saying is true, whether I've met the targets that I set out.
George Osborne -
If freedom of movement is to be sustainable, then our publics must see it as freedom to move to work, rather than freedom to choose the most generous benefits.
George Osborne
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Leaving the E.U. was not the outcome that I wanted or campaigned, but now that democracy has spoken, we must act on that result. I will fully respect that result.
George Osborne -
When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world.
George Osborne -
The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.
George Osborne -
I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U.
George Osborne -
If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
George Osborne -
The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is.
George Osborne
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It's not enough to tackle just the symptoms of poverty. You have to tackle the causes of poverty.
George Osborne -
The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade.
George Osborne -
Rather than standing back and being left behind, we must make the most of the opportunities that a growing China presents to us here in Britain.
George Osborne -
I first started going to Chelsea games in the mid-Nineties when I lived off the North End Road, ten minutes' walk from Stamford Bridge.
George Osborne