Joseph R. Biden Jr. Quotes

Now, many Americans fear that China might grow too strong ... I'm more worried that America might be getting too weak. It's not bad for the United States if other nations have a strong economy. One fewer hungry-mouthed country wanting us to take care of it and its people is great news. If they have money, maybe they will buy the things we innovate and make.

Free trade does bring jobs to America.

Just as entrepreneurs developed America, they can develop other countries, too.

We've outpaced Japan and Europe in creating new jobs, but there's major competition from India and China. It's not enough to make income tax cuts permanent.

There's no question that California, in the last three or four years, has been privileged to add disproportionately to the economic growth of America, and to contribute to its technological productivity.

Germany, Italy and France appear to possess less dynamism than do the U.S. and the others.

The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century—every case of a poor nation that worked its way up to a more or less decent, or at least dramatically better, standard of living—has taken place via globalization; that is, by producing for the world market rather than trying for self-sufficiency.

It cannot be denied that a state of great national prosperity is quite consistent and compatible with legislation in favor of the protection of native industry. That proposition, years ago, was denied; but with the experience we have had of France and the United States of America—the two most flourishing communities probably in existence—it is now incontestable.

The United States’ economic preeminence is its own to lose.

I am confident,, it will prove a mighty business considering that, in all probability, we shall be able to under-sell the linen cloths of Holland and France at least twenty in the hundred.

We are only 5 percent of the world's population and 20 percent of the world's economy. We have to be able to trade in order to grow.

We should be growing and make ourselves, as a state and a nation, more competitive. India, China and these other countries are not waiting for us.

Investment in America does not just benefit the United States - it benefits the world.

We should concentrate all our efforts on building an economic giant to bring about a fresh turn in developing the country's economy and improving the people's standard of living.

India can make rapid economic progress to become a developed country only through a globally competitive economy, which requires assured access to the markets and technological innovations of the United States and some of its allies such as Israel and Japan.

At the end of the day, we have to find a way to compete better with the world.

What's been missing from regions outside of Silicon Valley is a 'playbook.' In American football, a playbook contains a sports team's strategies and plays. It struck me that every region needs its own industry playbook on how to compete globally.

The United States cannot achieve significant economic growth without expanding exports.

Our country has the potential not just to be the giant of Africa but a major economic giant in the world.

China is a very important growth market for us.

More travel to America would lower our trade and budget deficits.

To ensure that the free world continues to set the rules of the road in the global economy, America and its allies must work together to continue to be the world's centers of innovation and technological advancement.

In the 21st century, we face new and more intense global competition, spanning the ambitious and industrious economies from Latin America to Asia. To meet the challenge, Britain must rediscover and reward the lost virtue of hard work - a tried and tested route to individual success, national prosperity, and a fairer society.

Exporting firms are more productive and pay higher wages than their domestically focused counterparts, especially in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. If firms manage to thrive in world markets, they tend to increase their productivity even more.

Trade is a source of strength and an engine of growth for America.