Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes

Not even a superpower can hold onto its economic sovereignty if it fails to get its fiscal house in order, and no one needs a well-regulated international economic order more than the United States.

Because of the economic crisis, China and the United States are bound together. This is a totally new phenomenon, and nobody will fight for ideology anymore. It’s all about business.

A race that is solely dependent upon another for economic existence sooner or later dies. As we have in the past been living upon the mercies shown by others, and by the chances obtainable, and have suffered there from, so we will in the future suffer if an effort is not made now to adjust our own affairs.

It's not our business for the United States to sort out the other fellow's economic problems. We've got enough of our own.

Economic security is a very important part of foreign policy.

If the United States loses the economic weapons of control, it is very much weakened.

If we do not counter the argument that most radical nationlists use, which is, 'To protect is to be protectionist,' if we don't counter that argument, all of our economies will suffer.

A strong American economy is essential to the well-being and security of our friends and allies.

A truly global economy, as opposed to the multinational economy of the recent past, will require concessions of national power ... that seemed impossible a few years ago and which even now we can but partly imagine.

But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence.

In a globalized world policies based on zero-sum games do not work.

Local and national politics have now become irretrievably global because their economies are locked into the global system.

No nation can control its own destiny. They are played off against each other in the global economy.

Geo-economics may replace geo-politics as the driving force in international relations.

The United States, of course, is determined to diversify Europe to such an extent that it becomes a meaningless entity.

Globalization has very materially improved the standard of living in the Unitied States... as it has for those countries that have chosen to operate with free trade…. Although none of us likes our competitors, competition has greatly improved our standard of living.

Free from public debt … at peace with all the world

Unless we Americans are willing to go on indefinitely, merely to provide loot for Europe, we should personally see to it that a man is elected as President this year whose guiding motto is, "America First.

With globalization we do not have as much control over our economy as we used to.

If the United States does well [economically], then the whole world does well.

The political game remains predominantly national. It is usually played as if national units were more independent economically than they actually are.

International economic cooperation has delivered benefits to the United States and other countries that would have been impossible to attain otherwise.

China's growth and stability is a vital issue for all nations.