I came into politics partly because I want to be able to reduce taxes so that individuals have more of their money to spend, so that businesses have more of their money to create jobs, but I believe that lower taxes are sustainable when you get the public finances in order, so I will only make promises I can keep on taxation.
— George Osborne
I am a social liberal.
I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England.
Britain is an open and tolerant country, and I will fight with everything I have to keep it so.
The former pension minister, the Liberal Democrat Steve Webb said I was trying to abolish the lump sum. Instead, we are going to keep the lump sum and abolish the Liberal Democrats.
I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U.
I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.
Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions.
Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.
It was the Conservatives who first protected people in the mills.
The Office for Budget Responsibility correctly stay out of the political debate and do not assess the long-term costs and benefits of E.U. membership.
There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic.
I can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life.
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.
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.
The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.'
I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments.
It's not enough to tackle just the symptoms of poverty. You have to tackle the causes of poverty.
Of course the Liberal Democrats are going to say things to try and get attention - but I don't think the country is paying much attention.
We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.
To all companies large and small, I would say this: the British economy is fundamentally strong; we are highly competitive, and we are open for business.
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.
We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.
If the country's poorer, it's got less money.
If we leave the European Union, there will be an immediate economic shock that will hit financial markets. People will not know what the future looks like.
To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.
The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is.
Britain can choose, as others are, short term fixes and more stimulus. Or we can lead the world with long-term solutions to long-term problems.
I'm a very happy, content member of David Cameron's team. I fought very hard to get my friend elected as leader of the Conservative party, then elected as the prime minister of this country, and I'm very happy being part of that team that is bringing change to this country.
I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television.
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.
ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too.
Rather than standing back and being left behind, we must make the most of the opportunities that a growing China presents to us here in Britain.
Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.
Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.
I've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies.
The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough.
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.
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.
I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.
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.
It's difficult to see how Syria can have any long-term future with Assad there as president. Many people would never return to that country if that were the case.
Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition.
Many retailers have complained bitterly to me about the complexity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. It's not a commitment; it's a tax.
Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did.
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.
Only the U.K. can trigger Article 50. And in my judgement, we should only do that when there is a clear view about what new arrangements we are seeking with our European neighbours.
Britain helped create the Internet - Tim Berners Lee created the World Wide Web, one of a long line of British scientists who have given us an outsized role in shaping our own digital future.
We are very supportive of the economic reforms that the Chinese government have talked about.
