Economy Quotes

• Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Political, Causes, Charity

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Military, Moving

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

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• Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

  Milton Friedman

  Thinking, People, Giving

  Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman (2002). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.15, University of Chicago Press

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• It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

  Henry Ford

  Money, Morning, Believe

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• In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

  Confucius

  Country, Countries Of The World, Government

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• The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

  Tony Blair

  Change, Country, Sacrifice

  Tony Blair's address to the the 2005 G8 climate change summit in London, as reported in "Blair signals shift over climate change" by David Adam, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2005.

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• The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Scarcity, Lessons, Politics

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• The government can't create jobs; they'll destroy jobs trying to do it. The government doesn't have any money; all they have is a printing press. We need to free markets to create jobs; if the government wants to help, they should reduce their burden on the economy.

  Peter Schiff

  Jobs, Government, Trying

  "Jobs Are Disappearing Fast: Is There Any Relief in Sight?; U.S. Automakers Looking for $34 Billion on Capitol Hill; How to Keep Your Jobs and How to Get a Job". "Your Money", edition.cnn.com. December 6, 2008.

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• If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

  George W. Bush

  Politics, Torn, Grows

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.5, M.E. Sharpe

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• There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Economics, Efficiency, Economic Efficiency

  "Our future energy strategy cannot depend on renewables alone" by John Hayes, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2012.

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• Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Moving, Thinking

  Remarks at Laborfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 6, 2010.

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• Our system of private health insurance that fails to provide coverage to so many of our citizens also contributes to the double-digit health care inflation that is making America less competitive in the global economy.

  John Conyers

  America, Citizens, Care

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• The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.

  Eddie Murphy

  Years, Political, Get Better

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• If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.

  Bella Abzug

  Country, Reality, Government

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• If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.

  William Bartram

  Perseverance, Animal, Order

  William Bartram (1958). “The Travels of William Bartram”, p.57, University of Georgia Press

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• Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.

  Ed Markey

  Educational, World, Stage

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• Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic

  Peter L. Berger

  Thinking, People, Chinese

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• Bernanke and company are trying to reflate the economy with almost stated objective of inflation at 2 percent and higher in order to provide some type of safety margin for a future recession. That's where they want to go.

  Bill Gross

  Order, Safety, Trying

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• Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Killing, Marxist, Ideology

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• There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Understanding, Able, Use

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• It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets.

  Lawrence Summers

  Morning, Usa, New Day

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• Our agricultural economy in the Hudson Valley continues to face historically low prices and producer income, as well as losses due to weather and other disasters.

  Sue Kelly

  Loss, Weather, Agriculture

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• Our seniors have worked long and hard to better the economy, raise families and serve their communities. They deserve to live independent and active lives in their golden years.

  Christopher Dodd

  Senior, Independent, Years

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• But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living.

  David Korten

  Mean, Views, Tests

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• In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

  Matt Blunt

  Stupid, Technology, Government

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