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" One of London's massive strengths is its sporting prowess, its great football teams. "
George Osborne
London
Great
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" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "
George Osborne
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Human Rights
Choice
" 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
" Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives. "
George Osborne
Politicians
Job
Successful
" 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. "
George Osborne
Illusion
Know
Money
" I want to see families with lower energy bills. "
George Osborne
Want
See
Families
" Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. "
George Osborne
Divine
Countries
World
" Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy. "
George Osborne
Buying
Who
People
" I think you can look at the British economy with confidence. "
George Osborne
Look
Confidence
Economy
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
George Osborne
Financial
Future
People
" 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
" Providing great schooling is the single most important thing we can do to help any child from a disadvantaged background succeed. It's also the single most important thing we can do to boost the long-term productivity of our economy. "
George Osborne
Child
Succeed
Important
" If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government. "
George Osborne
Government
Change
Mistakes
" 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
" Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families. "
George Osborne
Child
Well
Criticism
" It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency. "
George Osborne
Strong
Currency
Successful
" ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too. "
George Osborne
Internet
Planning
Propaganda
" The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police. "
George Osborne
Going
Us
Protect
" Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. "
George Osborne
Exercise
Never
Budget
" I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services. "
George Osborne
Want
Successful
Financial
" Many retailers have complained bitterly to me about the complexity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. It's not a commitment; it's a tax. "
George Osborne
Tax
Me
Complexity
" 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
" I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television. "
George Osborne
Inferior
Television
Watching
" 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
" Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas. "
George Osborne
Christmas
Just
Tax
" I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people. "
George Osborne
Things
Say
People
" I want to see genuine talent rewarded. "
George Osborne
See
Rewarded
Genuine
" Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did. "
George Osborne
Consequences
Quit
Fear
" Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich. "
George Osborne
Believe
Higher
Most