Private Sector Quotes - Page 2

• To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.

  Sarah Palin

  Cutting, Government, Mind

  "Sarah Palin Talks Immigration, Economy and Political Future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. August 01, 2010.

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• Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Hands, Invisible Hand, May

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• The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means.

  John Redwood

  Mean, Reality, Thinking

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• I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.

  Mitt Romney

  Government, Levels, Want

  "Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's Plant to Get Economy Back on Track". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 02, 2011.

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• I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector.

  Don Nickles

  Return

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• If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs. If the government could create jobs, then Communism would have worked. But didn't work. So what we have to do is allow the private sector and the entrepreneurial spirit to lead us back to a job-filled recovery.

  Tim Scott

  Jobs, Recovery, Government

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• No one in this country need go hungry, and alleviating the problem is primarily a matter of readjusting our priorities. In both the government and the private sector, self-interest has displaced the ideal of community that made this country great. The old world view of "us, we, our" has been replaced by "I, me, mine." The reasons for this are manifold and complex, but at the end of the day, we need to remember that, if one of us is suffering needlessly, all of us are diminished.

  Don Henley

  Country, Government, Self

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• We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.

  Bill Richardson

  Jobs, Opportunity, Government

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• I want to get America's private sector growing and I know how to do it.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Growing, Want

  Source: genius.com

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• To know that children are suffering and going without food is intolerable in a society such as ours. I hope that all our leaders, in both the public and private sectors, will work tirelessly to eradicate hunger. We all have a responsibility to bring back life to our most precious natural resource.

  Joan Lunden

  Children, Responsibility, Leader

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• Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.

  Paul Kagame

  Strong, Growth, Path

  "Exclusive interview: Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda". Interview with Tony Metcalf, www.metro.us. August 29, 2012.

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• We need to upgrade and modernize America`s infrastructure.Our budget is going to have to figure out how to balance those priorities and pay for it and our big goal is to leverage the private sector dollars as much as possible so that the public taxpayer isn`t paying for all of this.

  Paul Ryan

  America, Goal, Priorities

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• You have to ask yourself a question: "What's the purpose of the private sector - to support government?" And if the answer is, "Yes, it is," then you're a Democrat.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Government, Support, Purpose

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• We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

  Jesse Jackson

  Jobs, Opportunity, Government

  "Jesse Jackson: the Mother Jones Interview". Interview with Douglas Foster, www.motherjones.com. March 2000.

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• In the West everybody recognizes the need for a private sector, pretty much, even the one Socialist group understands this now, and so there tends to be debate about how much public sector intervention you think is needed for a variety of reasons, and there are very important differences on party lines that should be fought out.

  Barney Frank

  Party, Thinking, Differences

  "The Political Scene: Barney's Frank Opinions". Interview with Ryan Lizza, www.newyorker.com. December 9, 2011.

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• The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Jobs, Ideas, Creating

  "Exclusive Interview With Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Obama". Interview with Earl Ofari Hutchinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2011.

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• The government doesn't run the economy. The economy is run by the private sector. The job of the president is to ensure we [the state] have policies that allow the private sector to grow and prosper.

  Marco Rubio

  Running, Jobs, Government

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands that wealth creation is a good thing and they want more of it. Wealth is good.

  Michele Bachmann

  Fun, White, House

  "Bachmann compares debt crisis to Holocaust" by Juana Summers, www.politico.com. April 30, 2011.

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• I support the state, but not the state-run economy. The state should intervene only to create the conditions necessary for the private sector to thrive.

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Running, Support, Economy

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

  Mitt Romney

  Fitting, Contempt

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• It takes four private-sector jobs to support every public-sector employee.

  Russell Pearce

  Jobs, Support, Four

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• World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call on all partners - governments, international donors, civil society, the private sector, the media, families and individuals alike - to develop sustainable activities for the survival, health and well-being of mothers and children. On this World Health Day, let us rededicate ourselves to that mission.

  Kofi Annan

  Mother, Children, Health

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• People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

  Norman Ralph Augustine

  People, Trying, Literature

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• To distract from the president's disappointing record, Team Obama has decided to base their entire campaign on attacking the private sector and Mitt Romney's career as a successful businessman.

  Reince Priebus

  Team, Successful, Careers

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• Who wants good people in government? Good people should be in the private sector. Helping us out, helping themselves out in the private sector. We want schmoes in government. We want people who can't find the doorknob. Why waste productive people, as well as looting the taxpayer?

  Murray Rothbard

  Government, People, Want

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