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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.
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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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Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour.
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I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.
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Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives.
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You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.
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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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I'm not going out to parties every night.
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Autism is a very serious condition.
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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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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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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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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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I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.
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I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.
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If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
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Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.
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I believe in public services.
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You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.
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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
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I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.
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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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Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.
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I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
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I want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.
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Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.
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The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.
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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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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.
Written by George Osborne

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