George Osborne Quotes
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Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator.
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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 reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.
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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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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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I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.
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Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.
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I don't want to watch 'Newsnight.' I just don't understand those politicians who genuinely want to watch it for pleasure.
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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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Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other low-carbon technology and is a crucial part of our energy mix, along with new sources of power such as shale gas.
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Britain has always been a home to the vulnerable, and we've always done what we need to do to help people who are fleeing persecution.
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Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives.
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It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency.
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Many retailers have complained bitterly to me about the complexity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. It's not a commitment; it's a tax.
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Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions.
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I think the best solution to this challenge, and I accept there is a challenge with homophobic bullying, is to make sure we get rid of the bullying rather than feeling we have to take kids out of our schools and teach then somewhere else. That would be the best approach.
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I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.
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Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.
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It's difficult to see how Syria can have any long-term future with Assad there as president. Many people would never return to that country if that were the case.
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Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
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The Internet has made us richer, freer, connected and informed in ways its founders could not have dreamt of. It has also become a vector of attack, espionage, crime and harm.
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You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
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Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.