Anthony Foxx Quotes

The Australia to 2050 report highlights something that is well understood by South Australians, that infrastructure plays a key role in long-term economic expansion.

So, look, in order to move our country forward, we have to do the things our parents and grandparents did. They believed enough in our country to invest in our country, to create jobs, to make modern investments. And those are the things that we need to get back to with a balanced approach.

Urban development in India... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world.

The future of Africa is in innovative engineering.

There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of aggregated capital to serve civilization, and that the new developments will be made right here in America.

To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.

In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.

Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for human development, it is going to have no problem, over a period of time, taking care of its own needs.

Growth without diversification, technological improvement, and increased productivity is easily reversed: all it takes is a dip in commodity prices.

Infrastructure is the backbone of economic growth. It improves access to basic services such as clean water and electricity, creates jobs and boosts business.

Infrastructure development is a huge challenge for the people of Amethi.

Visit any of the fastest growing parts of the world and you will find investment in infrastructure.

When someone needs copper, or wood or an ag product, and they invest capital somewhere to make that happen, and people get jobs from that, and that good gets introduced to the world stage and it gets traded and moved, the whole world benefits.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

The energy sector presents exceptional opportunities for governments and investors.

The only real way to success over time is a diversified economy.

Green growth is one vehicle through which technology, globalisation and environmental challenges can be turned from obstacles to solutions for problems related to growth, jobs and competitiveness.

America must reduce its fiscal deficit, modernize its infrastructure, and improve its schools.

Investing in vital infrastructure will help to build more sustainable, equitable economies.

Railway network will support efforts to diversify the economy and enhance our export potentials.

What I want is peaceful industrialisation.

Governments around the world are looking for economic growth and job creation. African economies are no exception, with increasing recognition that growth has to be built on a more diversified economic structure in order to make a lasting contribution to development.

It's thriving, responsibly regulated business that does the research and development to provide the tools as well as the means to a better country.