Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
British Politician
Economist
Historian
Journalist
Politician
Writer
George Gideon Oliver Osborne
Wealth
Create
Graft
Money
Cheap
Way
Competitive
World
Earn
Britain
Prosperity
Illusion

More quotes by George Osborne

Image
Britain cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is going on, we have a powerful history and tradition of taking an interest in what is going on in the world, we've also got a very real interest in the future, in remaining connected.
George Osborne
Image
We have to be pretty tough with mortgage companies and say you have got to give people the chance to work out their debts, sort out future mortgages.
George Osborne
Image
I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.
George Osborne
Image
Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
George Osborne
Image
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
Image
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
George Osborne
Image
I'm fed up with Britain being condemned to this future where we borrow the Chinese in order to buy from the Chinese the things that they make for us.
George Osborne
Image
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.
George Osborne
Image
[Banks] have a clear obligation to help get this country off its addiction to debt because they sure as hell helped to get this country addicted to debt.
George Osborne
Image
I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.
George Osborne
Image
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
Image
We should be looking at putting a limit on the interest that can be charged on things like store cards.You don't want to end up with totally draconian credit controls but you want some common sense. We want cooling-off periods for store cards so people can't take them out and go straight to the counter and buy things.
George Osborne
Image
I very much support financial education in schools.
George Osborne
Image
We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic future.
George Osborne
Image
Britain is China's best partner in the West.
George Osborne
Image
I get a lot of letters from people.
George Osborne
Image
There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake are not pay packages for a few but jobs and prosperity for the many.
George Osborne
Image
We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.
George Osborne
Image
I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
George Osborne
Image
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