George Osborne Quotes

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George Osborne

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 23, 1971

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.

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If the country's poorer, it's got less money.

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I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.

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I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

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We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.

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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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Leaving the E.U. was not the outcome that I wanted or campaigned, but now that democracy has spoken, we must act on that result. I will fully respect that result.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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Britain is an open and tolerant country, and I will fight with everything I have to keep it so.

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We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.

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The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England.

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I've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies.

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Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.

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I am a social liberal.

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I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments.

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I came into politics partly because I want to be able to reduce taxes so that individuals have more of their money to spend, so that businesses have more of their money to create jobs, but I believe that lower taxes are sustainable when you get the public finances in order, so I will only make promises I can keep on taxation.

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