Thomas Jefferson Quotes

The precondition of all happiness…and particularly of economic and commercial development is tranquility, security and order beyond the reach of any violation.

We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.

One cannot have economic growth without security.

Not only the wealth; but the independence and security of a Country, appear to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufactures.

It is past time to acknowledge that economic growth … is good, and that what the world needs is more of it.

Everything needs to work at the same time. But what keeps society vibrant permanently is jobs, industry, business, and stuff like that. It pays for everything else. If you just build affordable housing, and those people don't have jobs, it'll no longer be affordable soon. So you really have to build around the business community.

Israel is a producer of growth.

Africa will thrive.

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education, then upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

The commerce of the United States is essential, if not to their existence, at least to their comfort, their growth, prosperity, and happiness. The genius, character, and habits of the people are highly commercial. Their cities have been formed and exist upon commerce. Our agriculture, fisheries, arts, and manufactures are connected with and depend upon it. In short, commerce has made this country what it is, and it can not be destroyed or neglected without involving the people in poverty and distress.

Our future progress and prosperity depend upon our ability to equal, if not surpass, other nations in the enlargement and advance of science, industry and commerce.

American business is not a monster, but an expression of God-given impulse to create, and the savior of our happiness.

We have neglected industry and commerce just as we have neglected every other opportunity of progress.

First class infrastructure produces first class jobs.

Our focus must be on making America the best place on earth to do business.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

We are trying to build large, lasting businesses.

We cannot grow jobs without investment; we cannot grow economies if we don't earn.

People of Pakistan want only development, prosperity, and peace.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth

GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can help business invest in our shared future.

If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.