Enda Kenny Quotes

A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets.

Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.

In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order.

Congress must build on the success of the Budget Control Act.

You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got our financial house in order.

We want to send a clear message that the Mexican government won't endanger its fiscal position, and we will remain on a path of fiscal responsibility.

Fiscal discipline is a priority in Romania, and we have already proven we are committed and able to make real progress in this area.

There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

Without a doubt, first thing we should do is clean up our fiscal house, and that starts with balancing our budgets and digging out of this red ink. We cannot expect to continue in this fashion and remain the leader of the free world.

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

I do think our challenge is to balance credibility and a clear message about how we would reduce the deficit with boldness about the choices that we put before the public.

The right way to deal with a budget problem that was years in the making is by formulating a credible plan to reduce the deficit over time and as the economy is able to withstand the necessary fiscal belt-tightening. That is what President Obama is doing.

I think achieving a higher fiscal stability is also a very important condition for restoring an environment which is conducive to growth.

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.

Tonight I come before you to announce that the Federal Deficit will be simply zero.

We have Triple A Credit but we do not have a Triple A Government

Without deficit reduction, we cannot have sustained economic growth.

Fourth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in America will not vanish as have those in Greece, we will cut the deficit and put America on track to a balanced budget.

Only one thing can save this country, and that's to get a handle on this deficit and debt issue.

Europe's budget plans are better designed: countries from France to Greece are raising retirement ages; others, from Britain to Germany, have created new organisations and rules to encourage fiscal probity. But Europe risks overkill.

Japan's future prospects depend on ensuring fiscal sustainability over the long term.

People understand that you have to do difficult things to sort out our own public finances.

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.