Paul ONeill Quotes (57 Quotes)

We are pleased that the IMF is recommending completion of Turkey's review and support the other recommendations presented to the board today, ... Combined with Turkey's commitment to continue to implement reform measures, these steps should help to reestablish the basis for economic growth.

It's none of our business how they stimulate growth,

From the very beginning, there was a conviction that Saddam Hussein was a bad person and that he needed to go, ... For me, the notion of pre-emption, that the U.S. has the unilateral right to do whatever we decide to do, is a really huge leap.

We support the intentions of the Senate bill, but we have reservations as well,

With the flow of funds that was going into the economy a week ago today, I would have said then -- and I will say now -- I think we're on the move back,

We don't look at this as satisfying a particular lobby or interest group, or even a political party. This is about trying to do the right thing for the people of the United States.

With our economy slowing, now is the time to boost consumer confidence with quick congressional action,

Yes, it's true we are going through dislocations because of a correction related to the boom that ended in the summer of 200, but the foundations of the American economy are very deep and very solid, ... And we are going to be great.

With accommodative monetary policy, I think we are in the right place and moving in the right direction,

I am pleased with our performance in 1997, ... The 1997 year was one of continued worldwide growth for Alcoa. Increased demand for our products, coupled with relentless improvements in operating efficiencies more than offset lower fabricated aluminum prices.

nail on the wall the clear requirement for corporate accountability.

In our history we have seen times when there is a disconnect between the stock market and the fundamental productive power of our economy, ... The reality is that our economy remains solid, and our recovery is well under way.

I'm here today to say 'yes,' I'm going to do this job, ... I believe in the president-elect's policy program as he's articulated over the past 16 months.

Harvey said that people are going to certify, and if they falsely certify, it's going to be fraud, and they're going to go to jail, and we think that's the right step,

These people are nasty and they have a long memory,

There's a coalescence of governments saying, 'Yes, we will identify people with you and for you and we will take action at your request, and we will not wait until we're 110 percent sure,' ... We'll probably make a few mistakes along the way and have to apologize for blocking funds, but we are determined that we are going to do this.

This organization is now exposed for what it is -- a pariah in the civilized world, ... U.S. businesses and individuals are now forewarned, and prohibited, from doing business with this company.

I pray daily... for peace.

I thought, in the interest of not wasting a lot of television footage, I should say at the very outset, I am in favor of a strong dollar, ... I can't imagine why anyone would think to the contrary.

Higher income people are going to invest their money in the economy, ... They aren't going to buy another car.

I don't see anything that's going to derail the general path of the economy, ... Wake Up Call.

It has been a privilege to serve the nation during these challenging times. I thank you for that opportunity.

U. N. designation of these financiers of terror will cut off their access to the global financial system and strip them of their ability to fund evil.

I'm not willing to say I want to return to private life because I'm too old to begin telling lies now.

But he just sat back in his chair, ... His attitude was, 'I said this during the campaign, and whatever I said in the campaign must be right.'

I didn't think this was worthy of me running across the street and telling the president. I don't go across the street and tell the president every time somebody calls me.

As we look at the economic statistics, we feel it is important to get money flowing back to the American people as fast as we can,

On balance, we've just about recovered the pace of where we were on September the 10th,

a blind man in a room full of deaf people.

Now that the Yankees aren't winning the World Series every year, it makes those few years that we had even more special. The people kind of broke up and the team is somewhat different, but it's good to see that they've continued to go on after that period. People knew how to win.

There's no doubt there has been an impact on the economy from these events, ... Recovery has been slowed by a quarter or so. We need some more time, maybe a few weeks, to assess the full economic impact.

With the profound changes we've now made, and the president urging we make them permanent, we're going to have a very difficult time finding the money to do a fundamental fix of Social Security, ... And I thought that was a more compelling need.

There's something about that day that will make people try to undo mistakes they never thought they could undo.

Evidence of an economic slowdown makes this tax relief all the more compelling, ... Cutting income tax rates can help keep this downturn from taking root.

House members who voted for this legislation put politics aside and did the right thing for the country,

I don't honestly think there's anything that's classified in those 19,000 documents, ... Today.

Unless there's an issue related to the company that reaches to public responsibility ... in the American capitalist system, companies are responsible for their actions,

Our intention is to give people, however you might stylize it, a tax cut or a pay raise.

You knew when he was still playing that he would make a great manager. He thinks about situations instead of just writing a lineup out and letting things happen. He sees a lot and he understands players. I think a lot's going to be said about how he understands who's a winner and who's not.

we are not pursuing, as it is often said, a policy of a strong dollar. In my opinion a strong dollar is the result of a strong economy.

This plan provides relief to all income tax payers, ... Every person who paid income taxes created the tax surplus. And every one of the people who paid income taxes deserves to get some of it back.

What we knew, what I knew, I think what those of us in the administration knew was public property, ... Everyone knew from Enron's disclosures that they were struggling. We didn't know more than that.

This is not a case of one bad actor stealing from the petty cash drawer and giving those stolen monies to terrorists. This organization exists to raise money in the United States to promote terror,

We believe the time to act is now, ... Our economy has slowed down in the last six months beginning in August, and we are now bouncing around by some estimates in a narrow range of economic activity amounting to between 5 percent growth and minus 5 percent growth.

We're trying to do the people's business, and what we have proposed in budget is what the president and rest of us believe is appropriate for the people,

Being able to perform at this level with low metal prices validates our belief and determination that we can be a high-performance growth company in a cyclical industry,

This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.

We are very pleased with our earnings performance for the first half of the year, since we have been able to more than offset a 16 percent drop in aluminum prices on the (London Metals Exchange) since the beginning of 1998, ... We look forward to the addition of Alumax in the next quarter and have been hard at work with Alumax employees to make the acquisition very beneficial to Alcoa customers and shareholders.

These changes reflect our conviction that we have achieved a new base level of operating performance, ... Further major improvements will be realized this year and into the future.

I used some vivid language that, if I could take it back, I'd take it back. It's not my intention to be personally critical of the President or of anyone else.