George Osborne Quotes
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One of London's massive strengths is its sporting prowess, its great football teams.
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I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.
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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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If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again.
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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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Britain can only spend what it can afford.
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I'm a very happy, content member of David Cameron's team. I fought very hard to get my friend elected as leader of the Conservative party, then elected as the prime minister of this country, and I'm very happy being part of that team that is bringing change to this country.
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I want to see families with lower energy bills.
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Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.
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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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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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I am a social liberal.
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Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour.
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I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.
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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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We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.
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The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough.
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Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.
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I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U.
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Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.
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I can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life.
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Every day, I genuinely count my blessings. One of the greatest things in life is to do a job you really enjoy.
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Only the U.K. can trigger Article 50. And in my judgement, we should only do that when there is a clear view about what new arrangements we are seeking with our European neighbours.
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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.