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" We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues. "
George Osborne
Investment
Human Rights
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" The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us. "
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" I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U. "
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" 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. "
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" It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills. "
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" 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. "
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Say
" Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. "
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" 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. "
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" Our long-term economic plan is all about creating jobs and the economic security that comes with that. "
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Security
Economic
Jobs
" We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country. "
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Government
Country
Big
" I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. "
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Trust
Politics
Done
" It's perfectly reasonable in a coalition between two political parties that you get supporters of those parties you know stressing the things they want to stress. "
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Political
Stress
Two
" I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world. "
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Rest
World
Europe
" 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. "
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Man
Old Man
Sound
" I'm a very happy, content member of David Cameron's team. I fought very hard to get my friend elected as leader of the Conservative party, then elected as the prime minister of this country, and I'm very happy being part of that team that is bringing change to this country. "
George Osborne
Happy
Team
Leader
" 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
" I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state. "
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People
Service
Think
" 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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Morning
Today
Leadership
" 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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You
Vote
Great
" 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. "
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Time
Storm
Safe
" 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
" If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. "
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Spending
Will
Get
" I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged. "
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Believe
Life
I Believe
" Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives. "
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Politicians
Job
Successful
" You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system. "
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You
Cannot
System
" We are very supportive of the economic reforms that the Chinese government have talked about. "
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Supportive
Government
Economic
" If the country's poorer, it's got less money. "
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Got
Money
Country
" Many retailers have complained bitterly to me about the complexity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. It's not a commitment; it's a tax. "
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Tax
Me
Complexity
" There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent. "
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Better
People
Government
" 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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More
Average
Family
" 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. "
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You
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