Economy Quotes - Page 6

• Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Men, Law, Liberty

  Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.6, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Political economy regards the proletarian like a horse, he must receive enough to enable him to work. It does not consider him, during the time when he is not working, as a human being. It leaves this to criminal law, doctors, religion, statistical tables, politics, and the beadle.

  Karl Marx

  Horse, Doctors, Law

  Karl Marx (1975). “Early writings”, Vintage

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• After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Government, Order, Liberty

  Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.350, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.

  William J. Clinton

  Motivational, Business, Self Improvement

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.514, Best Books on

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• I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.

  George Soros

  Thinking, Merit, Needs

  Interview with Mark Schapiro, September 05, 2000.

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• In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

  Kenny Marchant

  Competition, Excellence, Important

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• By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Money, Power, Government

  John Maynard Keynes (2016). “The Economic Consequences of the Peace”, p.121, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy, Ambition, Erosion

  Ayn Rand (1990). “The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought”, p.229, Penguin

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• If the bringing of children into the world is today an economic burden, it is because the social system is inadequate; and not because God’s law is wrong. Therefore the State should remove the causes of that burden. The human must not be limited and controlled to fit the economic, but the economic must be expanded to fit the human.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Children, Law, Causes

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• A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

  Paul Ryan

  Strong, Justice, Effort

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• Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

  George Washington

  Freedom, War, Fire

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• We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

  Paul Polman

  Business, Choices, Growth

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• Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

  Hannah More

  Forgiveness, Heartbroken, Anger

  Hannah More (1840). “The Miscellaneous Works of Hannah More”, p.639

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  You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivational, Positive, Hope

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jul 09, 2014

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• People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.

  Lee Iacocca

  Business, People, Want

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 13 Oct. 1974

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• The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.

  Woody Allen

  Years, Lasts, Study

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• The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.

  Bill Bryson

  Two, Population, World

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• There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Efficiency

  Address to his Constituents, 1 October 1868, in 'The Times' 3 October 1868

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• We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Wisdom, Women, Recovery

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• Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.

  Seneca the Younger

  Too Late, Purses, Economics

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• Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

  Josh Billings

  Men, Dollars, Saving

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• Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

  Edmund Burke

  Commitment, Essentials, May

  Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.3780, Delphi Classics

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• Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Business, Today, Tomorrow

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• It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more.

  Joseph Hall

  Giving, Littles, Study

  Joseph Hall (1837). “The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology”, p.58

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• First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the world community. But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy. Obviously, the owners of coal and oil will not be enthusiastic about this. One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.

  Ottmar Edenhofer

  Country, Nature, Oil

  "UN IPCC Official Admits 'We Redistribute World's Wealth By Climate Policy' 15 Shares". www.newsbusters.org. November 18, 2010.

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