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" I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone. "
George Osborne
I Can
Financial
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" I've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies. "
George Osborne
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Thought
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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. "
George Osborne
Balance
Budget
Poor
" 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
" I'm not going out to parties every night. "
George Osborne
Going
Every Night
Every
" 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
" 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 positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm. "
George Osborne
Time
Storm
Safe
" 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
" 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. "
George Osborne
Create
Future
World
" Britain can only spend what it can afford. "
George Osborne
Only
Britain
Afford
" Only the U.K. can trigger Article 50. And in my judgement, we should only do that when there is a clear view about what new arrangements we are seeking with our European neighbours. "
George Osborne
View
New
Judgement
" To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible. "
George Osborne
Public
Always
Argue
" 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
" 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. "
George Osborne
Always
World
Way
" I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world. "
George Osborne
Rest
World
Europe
" 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
Accept
Think
" ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too. "
George Osborne
Internet
Planning
Propaganda
" I think you can look at the British economy with confidence. "
George Osborne
Look
Confidence
Economy
" I want to see genuine talent rewarded. "
George Osborne
See
Rewarded
Genuine
" 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. "
George Osborne
You
Vote
Great
" Rather than standing back and being left behind, we must make the most of the opportunities that a growing China presents to us here in Britain. "
George Osborne
Back
Opportunities
Growing
" Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy. "
George Osborne
Will
Global
China
" I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television. "
George Osborne
Inferior
Television
Watching
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
George Osborne
Connected
Crime
Internet
" 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. "
George Osborne
Child
Well
Criticism
" I am a social liberal. "
George Osborne
Liberal
Am
Social
" Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas. "
George Osborne
Christmas
Just
Tax
" We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy. "
George Osborne
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More
Better