George Osborne Quotes
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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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I'm not going out to parties every night.
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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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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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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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The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us.
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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.
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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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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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Autism is a very serious condition.
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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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ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too.
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People should know this of me: I will do what is required to keep our country safe and secure because, in the end, that is what people's livelihoods and jobs rely on.
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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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The former pension minister, the Liberal Democrat Steve Webb said I was trying to abolish the lump sum. Instead, we are going to keep the lump sum and abolish the Liberal Democrats.
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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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Our long-term economic plan is all about creating jobs and the economic security that comes with that.
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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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The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.
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If we leave the European Union it's a risk to our economy - it's a risk to pensioners, it's a risk to homeowners, it's a risk to people in work.
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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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Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives.
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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.