129 Quotes by Lawrence Summers

This is about concrete action and what Japan does going forward. That can make a big difference in stimulating the economy, repairing the financial system and encouraging the flow of capital throughout Asia. It will be their steps that will be decisive and not what diplomats agree on here,

As Secretary Rubin and I have both said many times, a strong dollar is very much in America's national interest,

It should not be a source of low-cost financing for countries with ready access to private capital, or long-term welfare for countries that cannot break the habit of bad policies,

The off-center portrait (of Lincoln and Hamilton) has been enlarged; the fine lines printed behind both the portraits are now much more difficult to replicate than the earlier original,

TARGETING POOR ZIP CODES. This is a clear and unambiguous commitment.

It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today.

sharp rise in the price of oil is an important concern for consumers and businesses around the world, and has the potential to hit developing countries particularly hard.

The IRS needs to be more responsive to taxpayers, to use technology more effectively and to be more efficient,

The IRS faces a multitude of restrictions -- restrictions that would be unacceptable in the private sector -- that hamper its ability to provide efficient service,