William Gibbs McAdoo Quotes

My view is the core engine supporting India's growth aspiration will be the financial sector, which will have to get more efficient.

You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-allocated, long-term investment.

Sound money is the sine qua non of a prosperous society.

In order to help small businesses gain access to the credit and capital they need to run their business successfully, Congress must adopt policies that support functional capital markets without imposing undue restrictions on providers of debt and equity capital.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

The attitude of the people proves that not only do we want to, but that we can succeed in pulling our country out of the difficult position it finds itself in. The banking system of our country will survive and grow.

The fundamental principles of prosperity in every country are so well understood that they need but little if any discussion. They are so simple that with the proper cooperative action the American people collectively can easily place this wonderful country of ours in the position that it is so well qualified to hold among the nations of the world.

In a healthy economy, empowering, sustaining and efficiency innovations operate in balance. A healthy economy creates and sustains more jobs before squeezing out inefficiencies.

The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.

What I believe in, in terms of getting our economy going again, is that we need to invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow.

The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.

I believe the conditions are very favorable for Mexico to grow. I'm very optimistic.

An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.

We cannot cut our way to prosperity.

A rising economic tide not only raises all ships but prevents them from bumping into each other.

We will plant our flag on the hill of economic security.

Global economic growth significantly increases with the growth of the world’s economic freedom.

Mexico has very solid financial institutions, with good levels of capitalism, but they’re not lending much.

I have nothing against wealth; I believe that government has a role to play in creating it by supporting pro-growth policies. However, success comes with responsibility.

Voters want prosperity, not austerity.

The idea that we're going to austerity ourselves into prosperity is so mistaken, and honestly, I feel like one of the big problems we have is that, because Democrats don't have a deep understanding of or degrees in economics, they allow Wall Street folks to roll in the door and think that they're giving them an education.

I think we can create an environment where America can kind of get back on its economic feet.

We can't just cut our way to prosperity. Even as we look for ways to reduce deficits over the long term, we must grow the economy in a way that strengthens the middle class and everyone willing to work hard to get into it.

The Greek economy is improving, which should benefit the banking sector.

True prosperity can only come from a healthy economy and sound money. That can only be achieved in a free society.