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" I want to see families with lower energy bills. "
George Osborne
Want
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Families
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" If the E.U. allows itself to be priced out of the world economy, the next generation will not get jobs, living standards will decline, and the Union will lose the popular consent of the people of Europe. "
George Osborne
People
Generation
Living
" I want to see genuine talent rewarded. "
George Osborne
See
Rewarded
Genuine
" The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough. "
George Osborne
Party
Government
Enough
" One thing I learned about Gordon Brown is you've got to have the strength to just get in there and take him on. When you first hear him spouting his statistics and boasting about his record, it can be quite intimidating. But over time, shadowing him, I just realised that a lot of it was rubbish; a lot of it was baloney. "
George Osborne
You
Strength
Him
" The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police. "
George Osborne
Going
Us
Protect
" 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
" The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government. "
George Osborne
Decisions
Alone
Government
" I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone. "
George Osborne
I Can
Financial
Done
" Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator. "
George Osborne
Tough
Strong
Needs
" Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. "
George Osborne
Divine
Countries
World
" There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic. "
George Osborne
Costs
Realistic
Without
" 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
" The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on. "
George Osborne
Needs
Extreme
Threat
" 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 get a lot of letters from people. "
George Osborne
Letters
People
Get
" Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour. "
George Osborne
Never
Things
You
" To all companies large and small, I would say this: the British economy is fundamentally strong; we are highly competitive, and we are open for business. "
George Osborne
Small
Strong
Say
" We are absolutely going to have to provide fiscal security to people; in other words, we are going to have to show the country and the world that the country can live within its means. "
George Osborne
Words
Security
World
" Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy. "
George Osborne
Will
Global
China
" Well can I just say unlike my predecessors, Conservative and Labour, I have set up an independent body that studies whether what I'm saying is true, whether I've met the targets that I set out. "
George Osborne
Conservative
Body
True
" The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade. "
George Osborne
Poverty
Free
Trade
" 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
" In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre. "
George Osborne
Government
You
Opposition
" 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
" 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
" Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. "
George Osborne
Everyone
Contribution
Society
" I think you can look at the British economy with confidence. "
George Osborne
Look
Confidence
Economy
" 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
" 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
" 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