Industrial Capability Quotes

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

What kind of country just recycles its old money, reminisces about what used to be, and doesn't know how to weld, to machine, to cast or to bolt things together? Not one that's on a path to future greatness, that's for certain.

The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades.

India has the capability to create a fairly extensive defence manufacturing capability in many areas, and as a country and as an industry, we have matured in terms of technology and capability to make this happen.

It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.

We are a company that can actually manufacture cars.

Now we shall see whether I can build anything but automobiles, tractors and ships.

A North Korean soldier would later recall a buddy who had been given an American-made nail clipper and was showing it off to his friends. The soldier clipped a few nails, admired the sharp, clean edges, and marveled at the mechanics of this simple item. Then he realized with a sinking heart: If North Korea couldn’t make such a fine nail clipper, how could it compete with American weapons?

We too could wrest iron from the bowels of the earth and fashion it into ships and machines.