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" Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. "
George Osborne
Divine
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" I serve at the discretion of the prime minister. "
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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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" 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've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system. "
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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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" It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills. "
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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 threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on. "
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" Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives. "
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" What's important is that, come the general election, people think the right things of you. They think that you've got the right values and the right policies. And that you're the right kind of person to lead the country. "
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People
" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "
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" The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is. "
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" If we leave the European Union, there will be an immediate economic shock that will hit financial markets. People will not know what the future looks like. "
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" The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.' "
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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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" Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich. "
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" When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world. "
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" I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair. "
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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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" Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator. "
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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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See
People
" We are absolutely going to have to provide fiscal security to people; in other words, we are going to have to show the country and the world that the country can live within its means. "
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Words
Security
World
" The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police. "
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Going
Us
Protect
" I get a lot of letters from people. "
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Letters
People
Get
" 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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" Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy. "
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" There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank. "
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" The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough. "
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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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