George Osborne Quotes
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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 someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again.
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Britain can only spend what it can afford.
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Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.
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I am a social liberal.
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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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Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour.
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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 want to see families with lower energy bills.
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The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.
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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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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 can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life.
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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 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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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 serve at the discretion of the prime minister.
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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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Britain helped create the Internet - Tim Berners Lee created the World Wide Web, one of a long line of British scientists who have given us an outsized role in shaping our own digital future.
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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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You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.
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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.
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If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.