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Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition.
To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.
Even as China's growth slows, it will continue to be a powerhouse for the global economy.
Each time I come it's amazing to watch the development of this incredible country [China].
We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.
Our message to China is very clear: we want the U.K. to be China's best partner in the West.
We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.
We are very supportive of the economic reforms that the Chinese government have talked about.
We don't see a choice between securing growth and investment and raising human rights issues.
Britain is an open and tolerant country, and I will fight with everything I have to keep it so.
Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.
We need a coalition in this country. A coalition of change. People who have had enough of this.
It's not enough to tackle just the symptoms of poverty. You have to tackle the causes of poverty.
I think its important, particularly when you've got young children, to spend some time with them.
We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy.
I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U.
The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us.
Our long-term economic plan is all about creating jobs and the economic security that comes with that.
I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television.
The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England.
The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.'
If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again.
Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.
Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
The wish to pass something on to your children is about the most basic, human and natural aspiration there is.
Every day, I genuinely count my blessings. One of the greatest things in life is to do a job you really enjoy.
The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.
For families flying out of the U.K. for a winter getaway, airports should be the ideal place to pick up a bargain.
I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.
I'm tempted to say that Conservative governments are normally elected to clear up the mess left by Labour governments.
I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.
The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.
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.
Even a China growing at 7% or indeed less is still adding to the world economy an economy equivalent to the UK or more.
ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too.
I don't want to watch 'Newsnight.' I just don't understand those politicians who genuinely want to watch it for pleasure.
We support the auto-enrolment but we have our doubts about the way the National Pension Scheme is going to be structured.
Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.
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.
One big theme for me is that we have got to move from an economy built on debt to one where we save and invest in the future.
We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.
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.
The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.
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.
We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country.
Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
Britain has always been a home to the vulnerable, and we've always done what we need to do to help people who are fleeing persecution.
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.