Barack Obama Quotes

One nation banking recognises that banks must not be isolated from the rest of the economy. Because banks and small businesses must succeed or fail together, banks must lend to small businesses so we can get the growth and jobs we need for the future. As things stand, that is not happening enough. Lending was down £10.8billion last year.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy.

The history of economic growth is the history of people making more with less and shifting into new jobs that were unheard of in the previous generation.

Europe needs to make its first, second and third economic priorities economic development.

We can be about jobs and growth and be good stewards of our environment.

By fostering the economic health and vitality of local communities throughout the country, community banks play a central role in our national economy. One important aspect of that role is to serve as a primary source of credit for the small businesses that are responsible for creating a substantial proportion of all new jobs.

I want us to invest in your future. That means jobs in infrastructure, in advanced manufacturing, innovation and technology, clean, renewable energy, and small business, because most of the new jobs will come from small business.

The best place to grow jobs and create opportunities is right here, in the United States.

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

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.

Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship. It drives everything: Job creation, poverty alleviation, innovation.

Small business creates more jobs than large corporations.

We've got to help small businesses because they are the backbone of our economy. We've got to increase opportunities for everyone and we can do that by helping women and minority-owned businesses.

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

I'm all about job creation. That's what I've done for ten years as the governor of Texas, and that's what I'm focused on.

I think we've learned that the S.B.A. plays a critical role in providing access and opportunity when the market is not providing that access. We help banks get that money out into the hands of important and viable businesses, particularly those owned by minorities, women, immigrants and veterans.

Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.

Maryland needs someone in Congress who will fight to create jobs, stop out-of-control government spending and defend small businesses.

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 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've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery.

When I talk to people, their concern is, how are you going to create jobs? How are you going to help turn this economy around? How are we going to make sure that when my kids get out of high school or college there will be some job there? Those are the concerns that are on their minds.

It is my hope that by reducing the tax burden on small business owners that we can help them grow their businesses and, in doing so, create jobs.

Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth.

I will tell you that I am going to be the greatest jobs president that God ever created.