Jim Mattis Quotes

A robust economy is a source of national strength for Japan.

Economic growth must be the central issue because it is only through growth that the devastating threat of national bankruptcy can be averted. Furthermore, it is only by reviving American economic growth that the West's global predominance can be sustained, and peace and freedom kept secure around the world.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

We need a strong, vibrant economy to produce the tax revenue to fund our military.

If I've learnt anything over the last six years it's that the most important thing is the strength of our economy. That is how we pay for our NHS, how we build schools, how we provide opportunities for people. And I'm in absolutely no doubt that our economy will be stronger if we stay in and will be weaker and at risk if we leave.

I don't think most of Congress understands how economics works.

The road to economic well-being is to reward productive economic activity and to provide a moderate and predictable growth of money to finance real economic growth without reigniting the fires of inflation.

A strong economy is the source of national strength.

Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly.

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws.

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.

And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.

I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power.

Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need to get to the role of the Federal Reserve and we need to get it right.

I think the U.S. economy wants to be strong. It wants to be.

Money can never circulate freely and actively unless there be absolute confidence in its value.

What you need to be concerned about is the rate of inflation and the direction of interest rates. If they are both going in the wrong direction in 1980, you're not going to be re-elected.

Our true test is not between tax reduction on the one hand and the avoidance of Federal deficits on the other. It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenues to balance our budget—just as it never will produce enough jobs or enough profits.

Monetary stability is a cornerstone of the social contract.

The economy is the start and end of everything. You can't have successful education reform or any other reform if you don't have a strong economy.

I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies.

The most important element for any economy is confidence.