Giuseppe Conte Quotes

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

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

We're very proud to be part of the eurozone. But this comes with obligations and it is crucial we show the world we can live up to those obligations.

I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy.

I think achieving a higher fiscal stability is also a very important condition for restoring an environment which is conducive to growth.

At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So we are not able to do things at the European or the national level.

We cannot cut our way to prosperity.

I do not pretend to step out of my own sphere and to control the internal management of other departments, but it seems to me that as Secretary of the Treasury, I may ask, that, while peace continues, the aggregate of the expenditure of those departments be kept within bounds such as will preserve the equilibrium between the national revenue and expenditure without recurrence to loans.

You cannot borrow and spend your way into prosperity. It does not work.

As a steward of the U.S.economy and financial systems, the Treasury has helped lay the groundwork for the American economy to become a model of strength, flexibility, dynamism, resiliency. This is a system that generates growth, creates jobs and wealth, rewards initiative, and fosters innovation.

Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition.

I take very seriously our responsibility to keep a strong economy.

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

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

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

There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

Everyone knows the U.S. economy shouldn't be so reliant on consumption. More investments should be made.

The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity.

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.

Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts.

European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.

Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I believe that fiscal responsibility is the way to create prosperity for America and secure the retirement of America's seniors.

You can't strengthen the ranks of your middle class, you can't strengthen and grow the ranks of your businesses and family-owned businesses, unless you are fiscally responsible.

In the medium and long term. Spain is solvent and able to pay its high debts. In the short-term, we have the capacity to meet our obligations.