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"The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China."
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"Since we took office, inflation, the fiscal deficit and the balance of payments current account deficit have all fallen. GDP growth, foreign exchange reserves, stock market valuations, and investor confidence have all increased. This success is the result of a series of well thought out policies."

"Market economy favors the have against the have not."

"But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses."

"My first priority is growing this economy in the long term, and stimulating it in the short term."

"Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job."

"The ways by which you may get your money almost without exception lead downward. To have done anything by which you earn money 'merely' is to be truly idle or worse. If the labourer gets no more than the wages which his employer pays him, he is cheated, he cheats himself.. If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that for me there would be nothing left worth living for.. You must get your living by loving."

"A nation with a strong defence industry will not only be more secure. It will also reap rich economic benefits - it can boost investment, expand manufacturing, support enterprise, raise the technology level and increase economic growth in the country."
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"Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China."

"But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level."

"The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees."

"States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all."

"Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history."

"The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free."

"Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly."

"Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion."

"The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!"
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