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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. "
George Osborne
Believe
Life
I Believe
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" I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people. "
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" I believe in public services. "
George Osborne
Public
I Believe In
I Believe
" 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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" 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'm a very happy, content member of David Cameron's team. I fought very hard to get my friend elected as leader of the Conservative party, then elected as the prime minister of this country, and I'm very happy being part of that team that is bringing change to this country. "
George Osborne
Happy
Team
Leader
" Working people of this country want economic security. The worst possible thing you can do for those families is bust the public finances, have some welfare system this country can't afford. "
George Osborne
Country
Security
Want
" 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. "
George Osborne
Young
Day
Guy
" I think its important, particularly when you've got young children, to spend some time with them. "
George Osborne
Time
You
Children
" You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system. "
George Osborne
You
Cannot
System
" Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition. "
George Osborne
Public
Growth
Sustained
" If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government. "
George Osborne
Government
Change
Mistakes
" 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. "
George Osborne
Fail
Big
Think
" Our long-term economic plan is all about creating jobs and the economic security that comes with that. "
George Osborne
Security
Economic
Jobs
" Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions. "
George Osborne
Country
Richest
Our
" I'm not going out to parties every night. "
George Osborne
Going
Every Night
Every
" 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. "
George Osborne
Country
See
People
" To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible. "
George Osborne
Public
Always
Argue
" I came into politics partly because I want to be able to reduce taxes so that individuals have more of their money to spend, so that businesses have more of their money to create jobs, but I believe that lower taxes are sustainable when you get the public finances in order, so I will only make promises I can keep on taxation. "
George Osborne
You
Promises
Money
" Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich. "
George Osborne
Believe
Higher
Most
" We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it. "
George Osborne
Spirit
Purpose
See
" 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
" We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up. "
George Osborne
Strength
Building
Need
" 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. "
George Osborne
Power
Along
Energy
" I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world. "
George Osborne
Rest
World
Europe
" Our message to China is very clear: we want the U.K. to be China's best partner in the West. "
George Osborne
China
Want
Partner
" 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
" The former pension minister, the Liberal Democrat Steve Webb said I was trying to abolish the lump sum. Instead, we are going to keep the lump sum and abolish the Liberal Democrats. "
George Osborne
Trying
Said
Liberal
" I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone. "
George Osborne
I Can
Financial
Done
" Of course the Liberal Democrats are going to say things to try and get attention - but I don't think the country is paying much attention. "
George Osborne
Try
Attention
Country