George Osborne Quotes
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I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.
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If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
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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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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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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.
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Britain is an open and tolerant country, and I will fight with everything I have to keep it so.
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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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Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.
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Autism is a very serious condition.
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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.
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The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England.
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For families flying out of the U.K. for a winter getaway, airports should be the ideal place to pick up a bargain.
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It's not enough to tackle just the symptoms of poverty. You have to tackle the causes of poverty.
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I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments.
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The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us.
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I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.
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I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money.
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I think Britain can be one of the great success stories of the 21st century - we've got the talent, the drive, the connections around the world. But if we vote to Leave, then we lose control. We lose control of our economy, and if you lose control of your economy you lose control of everything. That's not a price worth paying.
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ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too.
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I'm not going out to parties every night.
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We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.
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Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator.
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Our long-term economic plan is all about creating jobs and the economic security that comes with that.
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The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.