Ann Kirkpatrick Quotes

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.

Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail.

My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.

We need the private sector to succeed, because if the private sector succeeds, America succeeds. Because it's not the government that produces jobs, it's the private sector.

Growth means creating the right conditions for the private sector - farmers and firms - to invest and do business.

We want to see huge growth in this economy in small- and medium-sized businesses.

The thing I love about President Trump is he's really focused on helping business succeed.

GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can help business invest in our shared future.

As a businessman, I know President Obama understands what it takes to spark economic growth, because I have seen him in action.

Prosperity comes from the private sector.

We need to get out of the way of the small business owner - and big business owners - and allow them to do what government can only dream of doing: creating jobs and thereby creating wealth.

The government does not and cannot create jobs. Only entrepreneurs do.

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

The federal government needs to get off the backs of small businesses and let the private sector grow and create jobs instead of harnessing it with onerous regulations and a repressive tax code.

You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people.

You don't grow the economy by growing government.

For America's economic future to remain prosperous, we must encourage pro-growth policies so that we continue to be the leader in innovation and entrepreneurship.

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.

Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.

The way to create jobs is to encourage private sector job creators.

If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.

I believe that Bill Clinton's second term will be good for business... my business!