Sam Graves Quotes

The way to create jobs is to encourage private sector job creators.

Every American business, from the biggest companies to small hardware companies, need money to flow through the system not only to create new jobs but to sustain existing jobs.

For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs that are needed.

Barack Obama is betting on the American worker.

Small businesses create half of the jobs in the private sector.

Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually.

I recently had the opportunity to participate in Inc.'s first-ever 'Hire Power Awards' event in Washington, D.C. The event was a testament to the power of American entrepreneurship and the role that it plays in driving job creation and innovation in a wide array of industries.

I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.

Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.

We have to get away from the class warfare and recognize that we are growing jobs by helping small business.

I’m not in the business of creating jobs.

The American economy must be altered to put business back in the driver's seat. The correct role for finance is to support job creation.

I think, at the end of the day, you have to reduce friction to businesses, ideally to zero, so that more and more entrepreneurs can create more and more jobs with higher and higher disposable income.

The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy.

Small businesses are the backbone of job creation in South Carolina, but we're not maximizing our potential when we've got what's effectively the highest income tax rate in the Southeast holding us back.

Small business creates more jobs than large corporations.

Small businesses are vital contributors to our economy. They are the economic engine that is creating jobs, exploring innovation, and expanding opportunities for Americans in every community across the Nation.

In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.

I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth.

Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual.

If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

My job is to create jobs. In the end I'm going to have jobs to show for it.

The Obama administration is not helping small businesses create jobs. In fact, it is responsible for the regulatory uncertainty nearly 50 percent of small-business owners cite as responsible for their lack of hiring.