Kwasi Kwarteng Quotes

We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.

I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

Social conservatism, business conservatism: the one side constitutes the other, like some infernal Mobius strip.

Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something.

I'm as conservative as they come.

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

You know, conservatism is not a bad thing. It's not a pejorative.

The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.

Conservatives conserve and that is why they became irrelevant.

I've always been conservative. I was born that way.

I don't just say I'm conservative. I have boot leather to my gospel.

In reality, anyone can call themselves a conservative. There is no secret handshake or written test to prove your bona fides. But the true conservative reaches outcomes by respecting and heeding to well-developed, sound principles.

It's almost impossible to make the case that Bush is a conservative. That may be good; that may be bad.

I think there's a growing amount of confusion about what conservatism is. And it is time for us to understand that conservatism is not built on personalities. Conservatism is not simply built on how angry you might seem from time to time. Conservatism is built on a set of principles and ideas that our nation desperately needs.

I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.

I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced by the superiority of the arguments that are made on the conservative side. I think that's a better way to run a society.

I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative values and principles. I can tell you right now, I am not the merger candidate. I am not interested in institutional marriages with other parties.

The country has become much more conservative, partly because it's been taken over by the religious right.

But I came from a conservative Republican background.

The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.

David Cameron can change the branding of the party, but he can't change the beliefs.

I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.'

I come by my conservatism authentically, not by convenience. And I offer the American people a new direction.

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.

Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.