When I was a teenager, the most valuable American…

In a nutshell, the ability of American companies to compete in world markets depends on creating conditions in which workers can add sufficient value…

— James O'Toole

I believe in free markets. I believe in free trade. I believe in creating the conditions that will allow that to happen. And if…

— John S. Watson

In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much…

— Adam McKay

The other thing that's really important in tax reform is making sure that we don't tax American businesses at much higher tax rates than…

— Paul Ryan

Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft and holding countries accountable for an unfair currency regime will help American companies…

— Virginia Foxx

The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What this allows…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

Now, I will say, most American companies - most are run by honorable patriotic people who care about their employees and communities. But there…

— Hillary Clinton

Our chemical and other manufacturing concerns are all too often ready to let the Germans have Latin American markets, provided the American companies can…

— Henry A. Wallace

Ninety-eight percent of all American companies have fewer than 100 employees. Over half of all Americans work for a small business. Small businesses are…

— Barack Obama

More American companies are getting bought by foreign firms or they're becoming foreign firms or they're outsourcing. Right now the tax code says if…

— Paul Ryan

In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The…

— W. Edwards Deming

Outsourcing, information technology revolution, the access to India's human resources, India's pool of scientists. It will help American companies to become leaner, meaner, more…

— Manmohan Singh

While foreign competitors, French or Japanese or German, merrily bid for contracts abroad, American companies find themselves tangled in a web of legislation designed…

— Elliott Abrams

I see a future where American companies lead the world in the production of hybrid-plug in cars and electric vehicles.

— Bernie Sanders

“But harder heads saw another advantage in taking sides in a distant struggle: Britain and France owed massive debts to American companies. If the…

— Joseph E. Persico