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" I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. "
George Osborne
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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. "
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Old Man
Sound
" 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. "
George Osborne
Values
Think
People
" I can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life. "
George Osborne
God
Daily
Need
" The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on. "
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Party
People
" 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
" You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system. "
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You
Cannot
System
" I am a social liberal. "
George Osborne
Liberal
Am
Social
" No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K. "
George Osborne
Buts
Will
Share
" 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
" ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too. "
George Osborne
Internet
Planning
Propaganda
" It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills. "
George Osborne
Who
First
Protected
" 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
" 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. "
George Osborne
You
Stop
Time
" One of London's massive strengths is its sporting prowess, its great football teams. "
George Osborne
London
Great
Football
" The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England. "
George Osborne
Conservative
Party
Out
" I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state. "
George Osborne
People
Service
Think
" 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. "
George Osborne
Fear
Problem
Thanks
" Our long-term economic plan is all about creating jobs and the economic security that comes with that. "
George Osborne
Security
Economic
Jobs
" I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class. "
George Osborne
Should
Know
People
" I want to see families with lower energy bills. "
George Osborne
Want
See
Families
" 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
" In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre. "
George Osborne
Government
You
Opposition
" The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on. "
George Osborne
Needs
Extreme
Threat
" If freedom of movement is to be sustainable, then our publics must see it as freedom to move to work, rather than freedom to choose the most generous benefits. "
George Osborne
Work
Choose
Freedom
" 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. "
George Osborne
Be True
System
True
" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "
George Osborne
Investment
Human Rights
Choice
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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