… reform in good times is never easy.
New moves to strengthen the euro zone
The other, more famous quote on the same topic:
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
This specific one is by Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s WH chief of staff, but it has been attributed to many people over the last 50 years in slightly different versions.