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" In football, as in politics, resilience pays off. "
George Osborne
Football
Resilience
Politics
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions. "
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Country
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" 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. "
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" 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
" 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. "
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Balance
Budget
Poor
" Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator. "
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Tough
Strong
Needs
" The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast. "
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Rise
Been
World
" 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. "
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Be True
System
True
" The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.' "
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Say
Message
China
" 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'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television. "
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Inferior
Television
Watching
" If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again. "
George Osborne
Choice
Living
Think
" I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. "
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Marriage
Commitment
Believe
" 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. "
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Stay
Debate
Responsibility
" 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. "
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Financial
Future
People
" 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. "
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Party
Government
Enough
" Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy. "
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Government
Democracy
Nature
" Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy. "
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Buying
Who
People
" The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us. "
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Internet
Enemies
Life
" The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on. "
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Needs
Extreme
Threat
" I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class. "
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Should
Know
People
" I want London to be the global sporting capital. "
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Global
London
Capital
" Autism is a very serious condition. "
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Very
Autism
Serious
" The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer. "
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Someone
Support
Care
" 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. "
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Values
Think
People
" 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. "
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Average
Family
" ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too. "
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Planning
Propaganda