Quotes from John James Cowperthwaite

Money cannot be converted into houses or trained teachers or hospitals at the touch of a magic wand. There are limitations to our physical and intellectual resources.

I am confident, however old-fashioned this may sound, that funds left in the hands of the public will come into the Exchequer with interest at the time in the future when we need them.

One trouble is that when Government gets into a business it tends to make it uneconomic for anyone else.