Rick Mercer Quotes

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.

Without economic security, we cannot have national security.

We are not facing great economic difficulties. The Indonesian people are faring reasonably well - just compare us to India or some other countries.

It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.

Where people are now in terms of the economic crisis, they're looking at what we think is the bottom, and I think that's when people look to film and to spirituality.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.

Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means.

I've been through periods of stress, turbulence in the market for over the course of my career, various times, and never in any of those other periods have we had the advantage of a strong economy underpinning the markets.

Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

There will be no interruption of our permanent prosperity.

I want to remind you of one thing, which is, when I look around the world and look at the long-term economic fundamentals we have in this country, I think they compare favorably with what I see in any major developed country in the world.

Unless you have economic security, then you can't have general security.

If you look around the world and see all the different countries struggling to get away from very low inflation rates with economies not nearly as strong as ours, you want to make sure we avoid those circumstances.

Physical wealth has not necessarily been very secure.

To be productive and focused, the rugged individuals in our economy need health security so that our country can remain competitive and agile in the changing economy.

A strong American economy is essential to the well-being and security of our friends and allies.

We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.

To all companies large and small, I would say this: the British economy is fundamentally strong; we are highly competitive, and we are open for business.

I have always said that after sport, I wanted a life, I wanted an opportunity, I wanted to be able to do something. And if something happens - the economy falls out or the dollar is worthless, anything could happen - you have to be ready to work. And I'm ready.

The financial crisis and the Great Recession demonstrated, in a dramatic and unmistakable manner, how extraordinarily vulnerable are the large share of American families with very few assets to fall back on. We have come far from the worst moments of the crisis, and the economy continues to improve.

Expanded credit access has helped households maintain living standards when suffering job loss, illness, or other unexpected contingencies.

Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.