Joseph Stiglitz Quotes

I think, to a certain extent the economy and these decisions I made to protect the country matter a lot.

Next to upholding the Constitution of the United States, the president's highest duty is to protect the security of this country - our national security.

In light of the recent controversy surrounding foreign management of U.S. Ports, a thorough review of foreign management of U.S. airports needs to occur.

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it.

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.

Based on the people l've spoken to, I think the impression is: Is America safer from Al Qaeda? Yes. Is America weaker as a nation because we have overspent and over-focused on Al Qaeda? Yes. I think that would be the conclusion that people seem to have come to and that I tend to agree with.

President Obama has outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians. That's national policy. Taxpayer money. So let's stop playing games with this outsourcing distortion and talk about the fact that when we need is a president that knows how to manage big enterprise and create jobs.

I promise you the country would be in real trouble if I were really in the White House.

Our international trade relations, though vastly important, are in point of time and necessity, secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy. I favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first.

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The big priorities will focus on the security and economic side because they really go hand in hand.

Mr. President, If you don’t do something and do it right away, I don’t know what is going to happen to this country.

There are people working in Mahoning Valley in steel, in Findlay, Ohio, in rubber, in many other places because we've enforced trade deals.

We know that trade doesn't just help Wall Street or even just Main Street; it also helps businesses on the side streets, such as Elston Avenue in my home district.

Investment by any foreign company in any element of the U.K.'s Critical National Infrastructure should receive careful scrutiny.

Conflicts, even just ones, which in the end can come at the expense of the State of Israel, are things that we must be very cautious about and hold back on personally.

There is no form of Brexit that will be good for our country but a no-deal Brexit will be the most catastrophic of them all.

U.S. energy policy is about far more than jobs and the economy. It is a critical component of our foreign policy.

We've just got to have American strength on the world stage. When Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, the Russians and other countries in the world will know they're dealing with a strong American president.

To look at long term trends in our economy, in our society, in the international sphere and using my best judgment, shape policies that will serve the American people, keep them safe, keep our economy growing, put people back to work.

I want to have a strong border. We have to have it. Otherwise, we don't have a country. We have drugs pouring in. We have crime pouring in. We have, you know, a lack of economic development because of it. And we hurt our jobs picture, which are desperately needed.

I think that the important point is we've got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.

America needs a president who can fix the economy because he understands the economy, and I do and I will.