Private Sector Quotes

• The private sector is doing fine.

  Barack Obama

  Fine

  "Obama: Private Sector is “Doing Fine” by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. June 8, 2012.

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• The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector.

  Henry Hazlitt

  Political, Liberty, Libertarian

  Henry Hazlitt (1971). “Man Vs. the Welfare State”, p.121, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• You cannot have development in today's world without partnering with the private sector.

  Hillary Clinton

  Development, World, Today

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• We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.

  Tim Scott

  Jobs, Government, Needs

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• Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Doe, Littles

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.4, Humanix Books

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• What you earn depends on what you learn.

  William J. Clinton

  Fortune Cookie, Internet Technology, Information Technology

  "The Political Interest: Job Training Has To Be Reworked" by Michael Kramer, www.cnn.com.

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• The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, People, Wealth

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

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• The private sector is creating a miracle a day, even as the stuff that government attempts is failing left and right.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Government, Creating, Miracle

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• Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector.

  Thomas Woods

  Government, Credit, Facts

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• I believe we're past the point where the government or the private sector can solve all problems, it's all about partnerships.

  David L. Cohen

  Believe, Past, Government

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Government, Economic

  "Bush launches criticism against Obama" by Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2009.

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• We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.

  Manmohan Singh

  Country, Play, Entrepreneur

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• It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Government, Two, America

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• Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Doe, Function

  A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

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• In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average.

  William J. Clinton

  Success, Jobs, Business

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2214, Best Books on

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• In the coming era of manned space exploration by the private sector, market forces will spur development and yield new, low-cost space technologies. If the history of private aviation is any guide, private development efforts will be safer, too.

  Burt Rutan

  Technology, Yield, Space

  "After the X Prize". www.wired.com. December 1, 2004.

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• A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Running, Country, Children

  "A Century of Giving Back" by Queen Rania al Abdullah, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.

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• You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.

  Dick Cheney

  Fall, Agency, Government

  Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. May 28, 2009.

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• The job numbers are positive. We've had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We're seeing that the creation, we're seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we're not out of woods.

  Stephen Harper

  Positive, Jobs, Recovery

  "Postmedia News" Interview, nationalpost.com. January 12, 2011.

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• The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.

  Bhumibol Adulyadej

  Government, Survival, Important

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• 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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• 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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• 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 ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector.

  Don Nickles

  Return

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