“We cannot realize financial reconstruction and enhance social security without a strong economy. It’s impossible to pursue foreign and security policy based on our stance without a strong economy.”
Use 2020 Olympics to lift economy, Suga urges execs, Masaaki, Kameda, Japan Times, November 4, 2013 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/04/business/use-2020-olympics-to-lift-economy-suga-urges-execs/,
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99th Prime Minister of Japan 1948Related quotes

“Our nerves are strong, and we do not base our policy on emotions.”
Source: "Speech in the aftermath of the Soviet shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007" https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/09/30/the-andropov-speech/9587f63f-c6c0-4191-811c-61d24488c864/ (1983)

"New S. Korea Leader Warns of Hardship" in The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/kimdaejung/kimdaejung.htm (18 January 1998)

“A strong economy and strong culture go hand in hand.”
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)
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The Common Sense of Political Economy (1910), Systematic and Constructive (Book I), "Introductory: Administration of Resources and Choice Between Alternatives. Price and the Relative Scale" (ch. 1)

Speaking at Jacksonville, Florida the day after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the sell-off of Merrill Lynch, 15 September 2007 http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news925950.html http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2008/09/economic-fundamentals-strong.html
2000s, 2008
"Keynsianism Again: Interview with Lawrence Klein", Challenge (May-June 2001)

“A strong economy is the source of national strength”
We cannot realize financial reconstruction and enhance social security without a strong economy. We must correct what we find objectively wrong. What I always keep in mind is that we'll take action on things that need to be done, promptly and without hesitation

2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)