George Osborne Quotes
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Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.
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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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I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.
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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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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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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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Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.
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I want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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I've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies.
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I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.
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It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills.
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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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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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In football, as in politics, resilience pays off.
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To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.
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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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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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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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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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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.