36 Quotes by Kwasi Kwarteng

There seems to be no end of books about the British empire, and the fascination it holds for historians of all descriptions is inexhaustible.

If you are a borrower, the more you borrow, the more it costs.

I don't see how a lowering of VAT helps much, in terms of stimulus. VAT is a form of sales tax. It gets paid when you spend. A stimulus should put money in your pocket before you have actually spent the money.

Cutting VAT is a classic case of shutting the stable door, when the horse has already galloped a couple of furlongs down the road.

We are often told that capitalism is in crisis, but look around the world and you'll see that it has never been so buoyant.

The idea that, in the age of Google, Facebook and the internet, government can control the 'commanding heights' of the economy is one of the great delusions of our age. Modern techonology, social media, the explosion of online retail, among many other things, have meant that governments have less and less control.

Clearly, for capitalism to work properly we must expect some upward normalisation of interest rates at some future point, to provide greater incentive for savers to save and investors to invest.

Conservatives should never be shy in promoting a strong case for individual enterprise. We should acknowledge where the system doesn't work, and seek to amend it.

I remember being told after the 1992 general election that Labour could never win a majority in Britain ever again.