Quotes from George Osborne

People should know this of me: I will do what is required to keep our country safe and secure because, in the end, that is what people's livelihoods and jobs rely on.

In football, as in politics, resilience pays off.

The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England.

The Internet has made us richer, freer, connected and informed in ways its founders could not have dreamt of. It has also become a vector of attack, espionage, crime and harm.

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.

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.

What makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they see how government is wasting their money.

There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom. You want to help people de-leverage and deal with those debts over time.

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.

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

There are plenty of people who don't want change - the Labour Party, some of their militant trade union friends like Unite busy causing strikes at the very beginning of a fragile recovery.

Why don't we save and invest in our future and start making the things that millions of Chinese consumers are going to want in the future.

China is absolutely one of the biggest players in the world and if Britain wants to be connected to the world it has to be connected to China.

Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.

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.

Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other low-carbon technology and is a crucial part of our energy mix, along with new sources of power such as shale gas.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.