George Osborne Quotes
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It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit.
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One thing I learned about Gordon Brown is you've got to have the strength to just get in there and take him on. When you first hear him spouting his statistics and boasting about his record, it can be quite intimidating. But over time, shadowing him, I just realised that a lot of it was rubbish; a lot of it was baloney.
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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.
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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.
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We are absolutely going to have to provide fiscal security to people; in other words, we are going to have to show the country and the world that the country can live within its means.
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I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
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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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Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.
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We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.
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The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.
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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.
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The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I am a social liberal.
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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.
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Of course the Liberal Democrats are going to say things to try and get attention - but I don't think the country is paying much attention.
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The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade.
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The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.'
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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.
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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.
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It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.
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I want to see families with lower energy bills.