George Osborne Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.”
-- George OsborneSource : "Easy money: George Osborne lets Bank of England print £50billion more cash to stave off recession" by Graham Hiscott, www.mirror.co.uk. February 10, 2012.
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“Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.”
-- George OsborneSource : "George Osborne plays down tax cuts but wants to make sacking staff easier" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.
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“I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.”
-- George OsborneSource : "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.
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“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.”
-- George OsborneSource : "UK economy: Cameron backs Osborne's upbeat assessment despite weak growth" by Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2011.
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“Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.”
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“Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.”
-- George OsborneSource : "George Osborne unveils employee 'shares for rights' scheme" by Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2012.
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“I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.”
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“We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.”
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“No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget.”
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“I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.”
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“I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.”
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“I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.”
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“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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“Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.”
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“I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.”
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“I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.”
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“Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.”
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“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.”
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“Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.”
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“The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.”
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“Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.”
-- George OsborneSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.”
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“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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“Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.”
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“The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.”
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“If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.”
-- George OsborneSource : "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.
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“When you look at the things people are really fed up with, like the collapse of the pension system, like the failure to get money to the frontline of the health service, Gordon Brown is more responsible for that than any other politician including Tony Blair”
-- George Osborne
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