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

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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. "

" Britain is an open and tolerant country, and I will fight with everything I have to keep it so. "

" Britain can only spend what it can afford. "

" If we leave the European Union, there will be an immediate economic shock that will hit financial markets. People will not know what the future looks like. "

" No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K. "

" I first started going to Chelsea games in the mid-Nineties when I lived off the North End Road, ten minutes' walk from Stamford Bridge. "

" In football, as in politics, resilience pays off. "

" Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. "

" 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. "

" Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy. "

" Many retailers have complained bitterly to me about the complexity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. It's not a commitment; it's a tax. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If we leave the European Union it's a risk to our economy - it's a risk to pensioners, it's a risk to homeowners, it's a risk to people in work. "

" 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. "

" I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world. "

" I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services. "

" The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government. "

" The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer. "

" It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to watch 'Newsnight.' I just don't understand those politicians who genuinely want to watch it for pleasure. "

" A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. "