George Osborne Quotes

• I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Marriage, Conservatives, Support

• I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

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  Tags in People, Idea

• I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.

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  Tags in Britain

• 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.

  George Osborne

  Topics in Experience, Leadership

• I get a lot of letters from people.

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  Tags in People

• I didn’t come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.

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  Tags in Traditional, Metropolitan

• 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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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Political

• I believe in public services.

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  Tags in Public, Services

• Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

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  Topics in Society

  Tags in Contribution

• Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.

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  Topics in Risk

  Tags in Self

• Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

  George Osborne

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Budget, Economics

• Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.

  George Osborne

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Britain, Richest, World

• Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Taxpayers, Understand

• Autism is a very serious condition.

  George Osborne

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  Tags in Autism

• A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

  George Osborne

  Topics in Society

  Tags in Civilized, Generous

George Osborne (55)

Birth:	23rd May, 1971
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Politician

About

George Osborne was born in Paddington, London, England. He is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2010 and Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001. He was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Conservative leader Michael Howard in 2004. Cameron appointed Osborne Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and, after the 2010 general election, Chancellor in the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government. After the Conservatives won an overall majority in the 2015 general election, he was reappointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Cameron in his second government and was given the additional title of First Secretary of State. He received a 2:1 bachelor's degree in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1993.

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