The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade.
George Osborne
I've always thought that good politics follows from good economics and good policies.
Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions.
The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.
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.
I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system.
For families flying out of the U.K. for a winter getaway, airports should be the ideal place to pick up a bargain.
I first started going to Chelsea games in the mid-Nineties when I lived off the North End Road, ten minutes' walk from Stamford Bridge.
In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre.
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.
We are very supportive of the economic reforms that the Chinese government have talked about.
We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy.
I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state.
Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.
Providing great schooling is the single most important thing we can do to help any child from a disadvantaged background succeed. It's also the single most important thing we can do to boost the long-term productivity of our economy.
Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator.
No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K.
I can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life.
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.
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.
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.
Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.
I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me.
The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.
One thing I learned about Gordon Brown is you've got to have the strength to just get in there and take him on. When you first hear him spouting his statistics and boasting about his record, it can be quite intimidating. But over time, shadowing him, I just realised that a lot of it was rubbish; a lot of it was baloney.
A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
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.
If we leave the European Union it's a risk to our economy - it's a risk to pensioners, it's a risk to homeowners, it's a risk to people in work.
The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.
You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.
The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.
It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency.
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.
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.
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.
I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.
I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments.
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.
Our message to China is very clear: we want the U.K. to be China's best partner in the West.
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.
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.
It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.
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.
Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour.
I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.
Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives.
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.
I'm not going out to parties every night.
Autism is a very serious condition.
