John Major Quotes

For me, the real thing is make, serve and list in India. Which means we need manufacturing, we need services, and we need financial markets.

The spirit of manufacture has taken deep root among us, and its foundations are laid in too great expense to be abandoned.

The most important thing for Africa is that whoever wants to invest in our countries should start in manufacturing.

If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.

Towards the end of the eighteenth century the industrial-financial revolution began.

We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.

Agriculture, manufactures, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.

It is impossible for any power to become eminent in commerce, without excelling in manufactures and navigation. America is capable of supporting and increasing both …

Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Developing the locally-run industry is very important in increasing the production of consumer goods.

One of the key drivers of Ireland's future is our balance of trade surplus.

I believe America should make things.

America's small businesses and manufacturers are innovators ready to usher in a new wave of growth and opportunity if given access to foreign markets.

Conservative statesmen from Alexander Hamilton to Ronald Reagan sometimes supported protectionism, and at other times, they leaned toward lowering barriers. But they always understood that trade policy was merely a tool for building a strong and independent country with a prosperous middle class.

The industrial revolution in the new century is, in essence, a scientific and technological revolution, and breaking through the cutting edge is a shortcut to the building of an economic giant.

The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth.

Mass prosperity came with the mass innovation that sprung up in 1815 in Britain, soon after in America, and later in Germany and France: It brought sustained growth to these nations - also to nations with entrepreneurs willing and able to copy the innovations.

We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.

I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export.

There is a strong link between the following three things: exporting, manufacturing and the degree of saving by the population. It's complicated, but if the population doesn't save, the economy will not tend to export as much, and if it doesn't export as much, it won't manufacture enough.

We're actually making stuff in America now. We're exporting stuff. We're inventing things.

We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

As an economic historian, I appreciate what manufacturing has contributed to the United States. It was the engine of growth that allowed us to win two world wars and provided millions of families with a ticket to the middle class. But public policy needs to go beyond sentiment and history.

One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.