Rick Harrison Quotes

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country.

My administration will continue to engage the private sector to increase economic opportunities and look for ways to improve our already top notch business environment.

We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it.

Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.

I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.

We are determined to improve the economic environment by getting foreign investors in and by cutting red tape.

We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.

Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.

As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

I hear from the business community all the time that what they need is an educated work force. They need an infrastructure that can make people and products. You need to cultivate an environment that they can imagine living in and being in, having employees be in. And a fair tax structure. And a responsive government.

Washington's parasitic approach to the private sector must change for there to be widespread, near-term and enduring prosperity and job creation.

I know how businesses work and what government can do to help lay a strong foundation for the private sector.

Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.

If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.

Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.

Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.

Our region's economy was built upon their entrepreneurial spirit, and our economy still depends on the continued success of the enterprises they have worked so hard to create.

We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina.

If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.

Small businesses are the backbone of job creation in South Carolina, but we're not maximizing our potential when we've got what's effectively the highest income tax rate in the Southeast holding us back.

In Maryland, we consider ourselves pro-growth Americans.

From the country with limited hope to grow your own business and express your own personality, Russia has become the land of significant opportunity.

Supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is our best chance for economic progress.