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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. "
George Osborne
Buying
Who
People
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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. "
George Osborne
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Politics
Done
" Britain can choose, as others are, short term fixes and more stimulus. Or we can lead the world with long-term solutions to long-term problems. "
George Osborne
Others
World
Short
" It's not enough to tackle just the symptoms of poverty. You have to tackle the causes of poverty. "
George Osborne
Enough
You
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" The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855. "
George Osborne
Man
Old Man
Sound
" Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich. "
George Osborne
Believe
Higher
Most
" We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy. "
George Osborne
Connected
More
Better
" Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. "
George Osborne
Divine
Countries
World
" I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. "
George Osborne
Marriage
Commitment
Believe
" I think its important, particularly when you've got young children, to spend some time with them. "
George Osborne
Time
You
Children
" Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy. "
George Osborne
Government
Democracy
Nature
" 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. "
George Osborne
More
Average
Family
" I want to see families with lower energy bills. "
George Osborne
Want
See
Families
" 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. "
George Osborne
Now
Democracy
Result
" I'm not going out to parties every night. "
George Osborne
Going
Every Night
Every
" The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade. "
George Osborne
Poverty
Free
Trade
" 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. "
George Osborne
Illusion
Know
Money
" I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services. "
George Osborne
Want
Successful
Financial
" Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives. "
George Osborne
Politicians
Job
Successful
" 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. "
George Osborne
Winning
Think
People
" I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated. "
George Osborne
Want
Centre
Financial
" The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us. "
George Osborne
Internet
Enemies
Life
" Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour. "
George Osborne
Never
Things
You
" I want to see genuine talent rewarded. "
George Osborne
See
Rewarded
Genuine
" The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer. "
George Osborne
Someone
Support
Care
" I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan. "
George Osborne
Traditional
Come
Urban
" I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me. "
George Osborne
Morning
Today
Leadership
" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "
George Osborne
Investment
Human Rights
Choice
" It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch. "
George Osborne
Death
Someone
Star
" 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. "
George Osborne
Believe
Life
I Believe
" Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas. "
George Osborne
Christmas
Just
Tax