Trade plays an important role in empowering our nation…

Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our…

— Robert Reich

Obviously, the domestic need is to shape an economic policy that assures long-term healthy economic growth and a reassertion of American competitiveness in international…

— Walter F. Mondale

The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these…

— Vito Fossella

“Although much has been written about the decline of American competitiveness, in many ways this new global market plays to our strengths. The constant…

— Walter B. Wriston

We were raised as Christians, and religion plays an important role for us.

— Niko Kovac

The SAT plays an important role in helping admissions officers around the country sort out students, well-deserving students from 20,000 high schools that have…

— Jonathan Grayer

A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to play, and…

— John Mackey

Americans should not have to wonder if their government is actively looking to subvert them or their political views. We live in a nation…

— Mike Turner

Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But…

— Norman Ornstein

We strongly believe that individual advocates play an important role in developing a civil society.

— Max Baucus

Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is…

— Jessica Valenti

Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.

— Colin Angle

This is my most important role. If I fail at this, I fail at everything.

— Mark Wahlberg

Empowering women in the workforce is a key to growing the economy and having a thriving middle class.

— Kirsten Gillibrand