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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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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Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.
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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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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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It's not enough to tackle just the symptoms of poverty. You have to tackle the causes of poverty.
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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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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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The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England.
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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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The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us.
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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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Britain is an open and tolerant country, and I will fight with everything I have to keep it so.
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The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.
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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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I'm not going out to parties every night.
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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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I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments.
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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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ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too.
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The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.
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I believe in public services.
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Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator.