George Osborne Quotes
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Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.
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Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did.
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I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.
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You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.
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We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country.
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I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.
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It's perfectly reasonable in a coalition between two political parties that you get supporters of those parties you know stressing the things they want to stress.
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To all companies large and small, I would say this: the British economy is fundamentally strong; we are highly competitive, and we are open for business.
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It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills.
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Politics as a parent is fairly demanding; if your parent is in politics, it's fairly demanding, so I make no excuses about taking two weeks off.
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I want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.
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To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.
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I've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies.
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They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself.
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Unless they have disabilities to cope with, no family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work. No more open-ended chequebook.
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In football, as in politics, resilience pays off.
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We are not quitters. Britain has always gone out there; we have probably been more influential than any other country in shaping our world and the way it has thought about itself, the way we interact as nations.
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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
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I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.