Barack Obama Quotes

I see city finances within the context of an economic strategy... We are going to solve our financial problems by growing the economy, and I have rejected some corners that have called for a slash-and-burn approach, and I've rejected others who have called for raising taxes and leaving government as is.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

Indebted countries can only grow out of their debt troubles through strong economic growth; austerity measures alone cannot work. It is imperative to engage in deep structural reform to spur growth.

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about that.

Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline.

America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there.

Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.

Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend.

I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.

We cannot cut our way to prosperity.

Growth is good for this society as long as it doesn't pass the point of tripping off inflation.

Deficits aren't always bad if you invest the money.

The best deficit reduction program is a growing economy.

When the times were good, many leaders neglected to keep pushing reforms and to invest profits wisely. As a consequence, their nations are now struggling to sustain growth.

We have to have structural entitlement reform, major spending cuts and not tax increase-retardants on economic growth to reverse our current course toward national bankruptcy, but Obama steadfastly remains on the wrong side of all these solutions.

Let's adopt some short-term strategies to get growth going and then let's have a long-term debt reduction package. That's what I think we should do and I think it will work.

Why am I interested in deficits? The only way you balance the budget in this country long-term is through sustained economic growth. And that's what everything we are doing in this administration is aimed at that end goal.

You've got to have tax reform to get faster economic growth. Faster economic growth is necessary for us to get our debt under control.

Budget consolidation and economic growth are two sides of the same coin.

We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth.

You cannot cut your way to deficit reduction.

When you get the economy growing, that's when you can deal with the national debt.

Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run.

Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased.