“We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough.”

The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness.

Tanzania being among the highly indebted countries, I had to give sports the least prominence during my first term, while setting priorities in revitalising our economy.

There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated.

We need an economy that works for all, not just the few.

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

The election is not just about the economy, climate change, education and health care. This is about whether we retain American democracy.

Basic Economics 101. It’s the most complicated simple subject there is.

The truth of anything doesn’t matter anymore. What’s right doesn’t matter. What makes economic common sense doesn’t matter. I’m blue in the face over it.

When we say we have a rigged economy, that means billionaires getting richer during a pandemic while millions of people lose their jobs every week.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

President Roosevelt was right. True freedom cannot exist without economic security.