Mark Leibovich Quotes

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

My policy in America is, 'Steady growth is forever.'

We don't know yet how to build a society which is environmentally sustainable, which is shareable with everybody on the planet, which promotes stability and democracy and human rights, and which is achievable in the time-frame necessary to make it through the challenges we face.

The American people deserve long-term, forward-thinking policies.

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

Economic success without accountability and social inclusion is not sustainable, and new governments often must face tough choices in order to protect the poor and vulnerable.

In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to make an economic argument to social liberals, that it's OK to vote for us. But we won't run the economy into the ground at the same time.

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

We cannot cut our way to prosperity.

Sustainability is a very tough thing in our government because there are so many different competing priorities.

The American system is no longer a democracy. Democracy is based on accountability and it's not there now.

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 will spend and spend, and tax and tax, and elect and elect.

If our system continues without modification involving environmental and social concern, we will face an economic and social breakdown of our outdated monetary and political system.

Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.

Stability is necessary for our future economic success.

We need a new tax system. We need entitlement reform. We need immigration reform. These are not easy things. But it is going to take our political system working better.

Monetary union must be oriented towards the needs of citizens and must balance the principles of responsibility and solidarity more effectively.

We combine fiscal responsibility with social responsibility.

Rather than play politics with funding our government, pitting one group against another, we should make strong investments in our future.