“Cities, by virtue of their very complexity, can be particularly vulnerable to the law of unintended consequences.”— John Lorinc, thebaffler.com
“I think the single biggest problem facing the state is how are we going to make the necessary investments in our people in this state, which is around K-12 education and higher education, and in our infrastructure, which is around roads and bridges.”— Mike Johnston, cpr.org
“Part of that struggle for fulfillment involves the right to move as we see fit, to use the infrastructure that we have created.”— Andy Battle, communemag.com
“We have to face the fact that countries are going to lose jobs to robotics. The only question that needs to be answered is which country will create and own the best robotic technology and have the infrastructure necessary to enable it.”— Mark Cuban, washingtonexaminer.com
“Like [Andrew] Jackson's populism, we're going to build an entirely new political movement. It's everything related to jobs. The conservatives are going to go crazy. I'm the guy pushing a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. With negative interest rates throughout the world, it's the greatest opportu…”— Steve Bannon, hollywoodreporter.com
“In my first 100 days, we will work with both parties to pass the biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II. Jobs in manufacturing, clean energy, technology and innovation, small business, and infrastructure. If we invest in infrastructure now, we'll not only create jobs today, b…”— Hillary Clinton, cnn.com
“If you land at LaGuardia, it feels like the wheels of the aircraft have come off.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“If we are serious about making America great again, this is where we have to start. Not only will repairing our infrastructure create jobs, and stimulate the economy, it'll make it easier for us all to get home at the end of a long day. And in this case we can make American beautiful again.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“If we do what we have to do correctly, we can create the biggest economic boom in this country since the New Deal when our vast infrastructure was first put into place. It's a no-brainer. It's so obvious that even the Democrats can figure it out.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“I love difficult challenges. Nobody responds better than I do when I'm told that something can't be done. What other people see as a terrible problem, I see as a great opportunity.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“I was speaking to thousands of people in New Hampshire when a nice young man asked me what I thought about the project being planned to send humans to Mars. "I think it's wonderful," I told him. "But I want to rebuild our infrastructure first on Earth, okay?" I mean, I don't understand how we can pu…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“When you talk about building, you had better talk about Trump. There is no single builder in this country who has his name on as great a range of projects as I've constructed.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Our infrastructure is terrible, and it's only getting worse and more expensive to fix. It's already costing the American people an estimated $200 billion a year in reduced productivity. That number is increasing annually. Instead of being at the office or in the factory getting work done, Americans…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Our airports, bridges, water tunnels, power grids, rail systems—our nation's entire infrastructure—is crumbling, and we aren't doing anything about it. Former secretary of transportation Ray LaHood knows all about this and got it right when he said, "If we are going to have safe transportation syste…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com