Bill Clinton Quotes

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.

I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest rates, but allow for people to avoid being exposed to inflation risk.

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

Treasury notes are a precarious substitute either for coin or for bank notes, charges as they are with a growing interest, productive of no countervailing profit or emolument, and exposed to every breadth of popular prejudice or alarm.

Economics is a very dangerous science

A stable currency and an excessive external debt are incompatible. A similar relation holds as between a country's currency and an excessive internal debt

Economic freedom is a highly desirable state -- but in bust and boom we must be prepared to face the its consequences.

Below-target inflation increases the real value of debts owed by households and businesses and reduces the ability of central banks to respond to downturns.

The Obama administration's large and sustained increases in debt raise the specter of another financial crisis and large future tax increases, further chilling business investment and job creation.

Economics is not brain surgery.

The job of the Central Bank is to worry.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

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

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control.

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.

Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.

The economy is a very sensitive organism.

I will continue to stay very focused on the economy.

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

The best way to deal with any economic problem is to let the market work it through.

As America's head coach, President Obama needs to make some big and smart adjustments to jump-start economic growth and business investment, stimulate job creation, and get wages up for ordinary Americans.

No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back.