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" 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
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" Autism is a very serious condition. "
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Autism
Serious
" 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
" I want London to be the global sporting capital. "
George Osborne
Global
London
Capital
" I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world. "
George Osborne
Rest
World
Europe
" I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class. "
George Osborne
Should
Know
People
" 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 didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan. "
George Osborne
Traditional
Come
Urban
" 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
" 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
" I am a social liberal. "
George Osborne
Liberal
Am
Social
" For families flying out of the U.K. for a winter getaway, airports should be the ideal place to pick up a bargain. "
George Osborne
Ideal
Winter
Place
" I want to see families with lower energy bills. "
George Osborne
Want
See
Families
" We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up. "
George Osborne
Strength
Building
Need
" You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system. "
George Osborne
You
Cannot
System
" I serve at the discretion of the prime minister. "
George Osborne
Serve
Prime Minister
Prime
" 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've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies. "
George Osborne
Economics
Thought
Politics
" I believe in public services. "
George Osborne
Public
I Believe In
I Believe
" 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 support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. "
George Osborne
Marriage
Commitment
Believe
" 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
" People should know this of me: I will do what is required to keep our country safe and secure because, in the end, that is what people's livelihoods and jobs rely on. "
George Osborne
Country
End
Know
" ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too. "
George Osborne
Internet
Planning
Propaganda
" I want to see genuine talent rewarded. "
George Osborne
See
Rewarded
Genuine
" A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. "
George Osborne
Society
Through
Basic
" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "
George Osborne
Investment
Human Rights
Choice
" If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again. "
George Osborne
Choice
Living
Think
" 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
" Britain has always been a home to the vulnerable, and we've always done what we need to do to help people who are fleeing persecution. "
George Osborne
People
Always
Done
" 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