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" 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. "

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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. "

George Osborne

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Off

Politics

" 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. "

" We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy. "

George Osborne

Connected

Better

" You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane. "

" Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator. "

" I believe in public services. "

" 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. "

" The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us. "

" If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. "

" I serve at the discretion of the prime minister. "

" There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university. "

" The Office for Budget Responsibility correctly stay out of the political debate and do not assess the long-term costs and benefits of E.U. membership. "

" I get a lot of letters from people. "

" 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. "

George Osborne

Challenge

Think

" 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. "

" ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too. "

" 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. "

" I want to see families with lower energy bills. "

" I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair. "

" The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on. "

" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "

" It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills. "

" 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. "

" People should know this of me: I will do what is required to keep our country safe and secure because, in the end, that is what people's livelihoods and jobs rely on. "

" I want to see genuine talent rewarded. "

" I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan. "

" The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade. "

" I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments. "

" To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible. "

" 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. "