If the E.U. allows itself to be priced out of the world economy, the next generation will not get jobs, living standards will decline, and the Union will lose the popular consent of the people of Europe. – George Osborne
Politics as a parent is fairly demanding; if your parent is in politics, it’s fairly demanding, so I make no excuses about taking two weeks off. – George Osborne
There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we’d have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That’s dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank. – George Osborne
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
I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. – George Osborne
For families flying out of the U.K. for a winter getaway, airports should be the ideal place to pick up a bargain. – George Osborne
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. – George Osborne
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. – George Osborne
We are absolutely going to have to provide fiscal security to people; in other words, we are going to have to show the country and the world that the country can live within its means. – George Osborne
When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren’t many who predicted it would transform our world. – George Osborne
The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on. – George Osborne
I think the best solution to this challenge, and I accept there is a challenge with homophobic bullying, is to make sure we get rid of the bullying rather than feeling we have to take kids out of our schools and teach then somewhere else. That would be the best approach. – George Osborne
Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth – they are its precondition. – George Osborne
It’s perfectly reasonable in a coalition between two political parties that you get supporters of those parties you know stressing the things they want to stress. – George Osborne
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. – George Osborne
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
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. – George Osborne
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
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
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
