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" There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent. "
George Osborne
Better
People
Government
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" I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair. "
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Strong
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Sense
" Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world. "
George Osborne
Day
Risks
Me
" Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich. "
George Osborne
Believe
Higher
Most
" 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. "
George Osborne
More
Average
Family
" 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
" I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments. "
George Osborne
Left
Conservative
Clear
" Britain can only spend what it can afford. "
George Osborne
Only
Britain
Afford
" In football, as in politics, resilience pays off. "
George Osborne
Football
Resilience
Politics
" I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. "
George Osborne
Trust
Politics
Done
" One of London's massive strengths is its sporting prowess, its great football teams. "
George Osborne
London
Great
Football
" The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us. "
George Osborne
Internet
Enemies
Life
" 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. "
George Osborne
Party
Government
Enough
" I serve at the discretion of the prime minister. "
George Osborne
Serve
Prime Minister
Prime
" When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world. "
George Osborne
Old
Internet
Years
" I'm not going out to parties every night. "
George Osborne
Going
Every Night
Every
" The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is. "
George Osborne
Wish
Your
Children
" 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. "
George Osborne
Values
Think
People
" We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country. "
George Osborne
Government
Country
Big
" 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. "
George Osborne
Be True
System
True
" The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer. "
George Osborne
Someone
Support
Care
" 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
Games
End
Walk
" In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre. "
George Osborne
Government
You
Opposition
" You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system. "
George Osborne
You
Cannot
System
" 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 difficult to see how Syria can have any long-term future with Assad there as president. Many people would never return to that country if that were the case. "
George Osborne
Country
See
People
" Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator. "
George Osborne
Tough
Strong
Needs
" They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself. "
George Osborne
Young
Day
Guy
" Autism is a very serious condition. "
George Osborne
Very
Autism
Serious
" Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. "
George Osborne
Everyone
Contribution
Society
" The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on. "
George Osborne
Needs
Extreme
Threat