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" Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition. "
George Osborne
Public
Growth
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" 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. "
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" Working people of this country want economic security. The worst possible thing you can do for those families is bust the public finances, have some welfare system this country can't afford. "
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" The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police. "
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" Politics as a parent is fairly demanding; if your parent is in politics, it's fairly demanding, so I make no excuses about taking two weeks off. "
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" There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university. "
George Osborne
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Fear
" I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people. "
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Happiest
Think
Sit
" I want London to be the global sporting capital. "
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" The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.' "
George Osborne
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Message
China
" I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. "
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Commitment
Believe
" The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on. "
George Osborne
Needs
Extreme
Threat
" 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. "
George Osborne
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End
Walk
" 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. "
George Osborne
Challenge
Accept
Think
" We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it. "
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Spirit
Purpose
See
" Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy. "
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Will
Global
China
" 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
" I believe in public services. "
George Osborne
Public
I Believe In
I Believe
" I can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life. "
George Osborne
God
Daily
Need
" I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television. "
George Osborne
Inferior
Television
Watching
" 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
" No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K. "
George Osborne
Buts
Will
Share
" I am a social liberal. "
George Osborne
Liberal
Am
Social
" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "
George Osborne
Investment
Human Rights
Choice
" Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world. "
George Osborne
Divine
Countries
World
" 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. "
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People
Generation
Living
" 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. "
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Future
World
" I will listen to any argument put to me. "
George Osborne
Put
Will
Argument
" 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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Conservative
Body
True
" I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class. "
George Osborne
Should
Know
People
" 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. "
George Osborne
Stay
Debate
Responsibility