“We want to reach free energy markets, but with subsidy programmes for ...” — Mohammad bin Salman Quote

“We want to reach free energy markets, but with subsidy programmes for those with low income, and not to have the subsidy in the form of lowering the energy prices, but through other programmes.”

“What happened in the region in the last 30 years is not the Middle East. After the Iranian revolution in 1979, people wanted to copy this model in different countries; one of them is Saudi Arabia. We didn't know how to deal with it. And the problem spread all over the world.”

“The people who deserve and need subsidies are those who are on average incomes and less.”

“You've always got to think about having some fixed income in your portfolio as well as equities.”

“It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one.”