Paul Kagame Quotes

I am determined that we're going to get the economy really moving again, building on the progress, but never going back to what got us in trouble in the first place.

Fundamentally, the basis of all modern progress is the efficiency of labor. And the only sure road to restored prosperity is through the thrift and hard work of our people as a whole.

We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward.

We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.

I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve President Obama and the country and proud of the progress we've made toward rebuilding trust in our financial system and moving our economy closer to recovery. It was a privilege to work with such a fine group of people at the White House and across the administration.

I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today.

Typically, after moving backwards, the economy takes even more steps forward.

Things are going better: there is more growth, less deficit, more competitiveness, better margins for companies, more purchasing power for workers.

There is no doubt that thanks to the steps that we took early on to rescue our economy and to rebuild it on a new foundation, we are entering into the new year with new confidence that America is coming back.

In 1997, we faced daunting challenges. Boom and bust economics..... Now, for all that remains to be done, dwell for a moment on what has been achieved.

I think there's new optimism in Brazil. The Olympics went well. Our demand is good. Costs are down. We're back in the black. We're feeling really good about what's going on in Brazil.

I think we did a really good job in saving this economy and putting us back on the track of growth.

We've got to get back to rebuilding the middle class, the families of America. That's where growth will come from.

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover.

The debt austerity would not be problems if we had technological progress. If you doubled the debt in the U.S., and the size of the economy doubled because of technological progress and growth, the two would roughly cancel out and it would all be a totally manageable situation.

Iraq today does have a chance to shape its own future. They may not do that, or this generation may not do that. But maybe the next one will, I don't know. They may try and fail, and stumble, get up and fall back.

The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.

We have made progress from where we were when President Obama took office, when the economy - our economy had just contracted almost by nine percent.

Before economics can progress, it must abandon its suicidal formalism.

I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq.

Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.

I wish to be focused on kind of the business stuff I'm doing, how do I contribute to our economic progress, how do I help create a future for American industry, American middle class, these kind of things. Those things actually really matter to me.

Meaningful rules in the consumer credit market can accelerate economic recovery. Rules would increase consumer confidence and, more importantly, weed out all the tricks and traps that sap families of billions of dollars annually.

President Obama has brought this country back economically so far from where we were when he took office, and Hillary Clinton is going to take that baton and take us even further. And what she's doing is what we have done for generations, which is really build out an infrastructure of opportunity in America.