Quotes of the Day

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne
Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010

Open quoteMy budget is tough, but it will be fair. This is an unavoidable budget because of the mess we have to clear up.Close quote

  • GEORGE OSBORNE,
  • the U.K.'s Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition's first budget, which includes the biggest package of tax increases and spending cuts in a generation
Photo: Dominic Lipinski / Pool / Reuters | Source: Downing Street