George Osborne famous quotes

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.
-- George Osborne

#Government #Lasts #Desperate

Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.
-- George Osborne

#Christmas #Cutting #Should

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.
-- George Osborne

#Strong #Thinking #People

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 Osborne

#Jobs #Real #Safe Haven

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.
-- George Osborne

#Problem #Economy #Social

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 Osborne

#Thinking #Balance #Rich

I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
-- George Osborne

#Taken #People #Action

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.
-- George Osborne

#Thinking #Needs #Bail

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.
-- George Osborne

#Order #Law #Long

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.
-- George Osborne

#Class #Ideas #People

I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.
-- George Osborne

#Believe #Commitment #Gay

I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.
-- George Osborne

#Thinking #Looks #Economy

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
-- George Osborne

#Done #Damage #Parliament

Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.
-- George Osborne

#Risk #World #Around The World

I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.
-- George Osborne

#Moving #Done #Financial

I get a lot of letters from people.
-- George Osborne

#People #Letters

I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.
-- George Osborne

#Urban #Metropolitan #Backgrounds

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

#Believe #Rich #Taxpayers

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.
-- George Osborne

#Mistake #Government #Gone

Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
-- George Osborne

#People #Saving #Investing

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.
-- George Osborne

#Party #Hard Work #People

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.
-- George Osborne

#Country #World #Divine

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.
-- George Osborne

#Cutting #Exercise #Economics

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.
-- George Osborne

#Believe #Political #Limits

Autism is a very serious condition.
-- George Osborne

#Autism #Serious

I believe in public services.
-- George Osborne

#Believe #I Believe #Public Service

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

#Debt #Our Society #Contribution

The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.
-- George Osborne

#Thinking #People #Support

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
-- George Osborne

#Government #Growth #Spending

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

#Failure #People #Looks

Britain needs a simpler tax system which is simple to understand, where there are no loop-holes, where the very rich do not avoid tax by employing expensive accountants
-- George Osborne

#Simple #Needs #Rich

Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.
-- George Osborne

#People #Looks #Misery

If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott.
-- George Osborne

#Cutting #Government #Way

I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.
-- George Osborne

#Want #Financial #Britain

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

#States #Should #Whole Life

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.
-- George Osborne

#Party #Men #Sound

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.
-- George Osborne

#Strong #Government #Decision

The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.
-- George Osborne

#Oil #World #Oil Price

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.
-- George Osborne

#Debt #Welfare #Britain

Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.
-- George Osborne

#Children #Taken #Criticism

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.
-- George Osborne

#World #Way #Wealth

Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble to set this up as a measure of success. Protecting the credit rating will not be easy The pace of fiscal consolidation will be co-ordinated with monetary policy. And we will protect Britain's credit rating and international reputation.
-- George Osborne

#Cutting #Political #Firsts

I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.
-- George Osborne

#Home #Successful #Want

I want to see genuine talent rewarded.
-- George Osborne

#Want #Talent #Genuine