Kwasi Kwarteng Quotes

As conservatives, we support free market principles and believe the private sector provides solutions that the government cannot.

I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government, creates jobs.

Trust free people and free enterprise as opposed to meddling, burdensome government.

My view is the less the government can do and the more freedom and opportunity you give people, that trusting people and free people and free enterprise - that America has built the greatest country in the history of the world.

It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government.

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.

I'm a liberal, but I think there's so much that the private sector can do and does do.

I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.

I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment.

As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.

For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world.

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

Washington politicians think that government can make better decisions than you and me. But we know better. We know it's smaller, less intrusive government that will lead to real economic prosperity. We know it's business-friendly policies, not more red tape, that will create real growth.

As Republicans, our challenge is to become a pro-market party and not be a pro-business party.

I have spent my entire career advocating for free-market economic policies, trying to convince the leaders of this country that unnecessary government interference in the market-place - and let's face it, most government is totally unnecessary - destroys liberty and inhibits prosperity.

I'm a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.

I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.

You don't grow the economy by growing government.

I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions.

I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.