Peter Blair Henry Quotes

The few emerging economies that have avoided booms and busts have done so by adhering to sound policy frameworks.

The British economy of the future must be built not on the shifting sands of boom and bust, but on the bedrock of prudent and wise economic management for the long term. It is only these firm foundations that we can raise Britain's underlying economic performance.

You cannot have a society where you spend more than you earn. I mean, it's just fundamentally not viable in the long run.

We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.

My policy in America is, 'Steady growth is forever.'

As the President reviewed the state of the union and unveiled his second-term agenda, he fell short of adequately explaining how he intends to set America back on the course of fiscal responsibility and secure the fiscal health of the nation.

If we are to maintain our position as a global economic leader, we've got to end the govern-by-crisis mentality that sets us back instead of moving us forward.

You have to separate what needs to be done to avoid the fiscal cliff and what needs to be done longer range. It's a mistake to essentially collapse those two - they're not the same. I don't think you can achieve everything at once.

Look, I'm very much in favor of tax cuts, but not with borrowed money. And the problem that we've gotten into in recent years is spending programs with borrowed money, tax cuts with borrowed money, and at the end of the day that proves disastrous. And my view is I don't think we can play subtle policy here.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important.

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy.

It is better to implement reforms in times of economic strength.

… bad times make for good policies, and good times make for bad policies.

I'm for a balanced budget now.

America needs a new approach to boost the economy - one that does not doom future generations to being saddled with paying off today's federal deficits.

Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.

The single greatest force for deficit reduction is a growing economy.

I believe that if we are able to, obviously we need to ensure that we have a robust budget that's balanced, but there's no way I would ever accept austerity.

To be clear, aiming to reduce the national debt in the long term and running small surpluses when the economy is operating close to full capacity is what I mean when I talk about seeking to 'balance the books' - a sensible approach.

The country needs fiscal discipline to build a strong economy and for social justice.

A two-year budget is not an ideology.

I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.