Political Quotes

Scott Bessent

The Public Record

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the Trump administration; hedge-fund manager and founder of Key Square Group.

Quotes by year · 20232026310 total · peak 2025 (212)
2023: 2 quotes2025: 212 quotes2026: 96 quotes
Jul 7, 2026

The American dream belongs to every child, and today, we are equipping the next generation with the right to claim their rightful share of it.

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Jul 3, 2026

This is an innovation presidency

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Jul 3, 2026

Gasoline prices are a little stickier on the way down.

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Jul 3, 2026

We want them to really understand the power of long-term compounding.

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Jul 3, 2026

I would expect, perhaps, as soon as this month, we're going to see real wage gains.

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Jul 3, 2026

I don't think there's an appearance problem

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Jul 3, 2026

We're going to get to the other side of this.

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Jul 3, 2026

The stock market lives in the future.

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Jul 3, 2026

Thirty-eight percent of American households have no investment in our great equity markets.

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Jun 24, 2026

We didn’t have a regime change, but we changed the regime.

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Jun 24, 2026

We had maximum pressure, then we had Epic Fury, then we had Economic Fury, and then we had the blockade. And that’s how we got the Iranians to the negotiating table.

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