Both unemployment and crime are at their lowest level in 24 years.

It must therefore follow that if other people did the same thing in the same way and then you started the kind of contest you have here in the market system so everybody tried to keep continuously improving their process, that we would…

We have the lowest unemployment and crime rates in 24 years.

Even as we reap the hard-earned profits of the strongest economy in a generation, our Nation refused to be complacent.

It's important that the American people understand we don't have a surplus yet.

The American economy is strong.

This agreement is environmentally strong and economically sound.

Could we grow the economy and improve the environment?

I think invest-and-grow is better than trickle-down.

America is better off than it was 5 years ago.

I hereby cancel the dollar amount of discretionary budget authority.

To keep our economy strong, we must continue to break down unfair foreign trade barriers to American products and services.

We must embrace solutions that allow us to continue to grow the economy while we honor our global responsibilities.

I believe we have a responsibility to cut back.

The Bank is dedicated to the preservation and expansion of U.S. jobs.

The Bank evaluates foreign buyers not U.S. firms.

Our economy is measured in numbers and statistics, and we got some more good numbers today, and for that I'm very grateful.

I always thought we should be happy when people had jobs.