Howard Dean Quotes

I believe we're the party of small business.

We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

We know that working with small businesses to create jobs will do more to help our economy than anything the Obama Administration has tried to do.

If there are not sufficient jobs to go around then government must create jobs to give everyone an opportunity

We can have more jobs in small businesses if 'Obamacare' is eliminated.

American workers need a common-sense plan to make small businesses and entrepreneurs competitive again - not simply more government spending.

I want us to do more to help small business. That's where two- thirds of the new jobs are going to come from.

This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy.

Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.

Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs.

And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.

The government has got to do something to help independent businesses.

I want to use every tool in the toolbox that's at our disposal to help our economy and put people back to work.

Certainly, the job of a U.S. senator is to create a climate conducive to creating jobs, which is lower taxes and less government regulation. What Harry Reid has been doing is putting forward those policies that actually put more regulation on business.

I've heard time and again from small business owners in Ohio that extending bonus depreciation is the single biggest factor in allowing their businesses to grow. Allowing companies to use these tools for capital reinvestment is a common-sense way to encourage job creation.

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

22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush.

For small businesses, you need less taxes, less federal spending, and you need less regulation that blocks their growth.

Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful.

We have to keep the momentum going in the economy. And we have to make sure that we give small businesses as much cash and liquidity as possible so they have the confidence to hire that next worker.

I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.

The sooner we rein in the red tape factory in Washington, D.C., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more Americans find an honest day's work.

We cannot tax the same people we expect to create jobs. That is a recipe for keeping people out of work.

Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.