Free Enterprise Quotes - Page 4

• Barack Obama doesn't believe in free enterprise. He's never going to admit it. For instance, he's never going to come straight out and say, 'If you own a business you didn't build it.' Alright, maybe he will.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Enterprise, Barack

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• Mitt Romney understands free enterprise, he has worked in it. He has seen companies succeed and he has seen them fail, too. He knows what people think about when they invest their money.

  Marco Rubio

  Thinking, People, Succeed

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• No economic system is perfect. But the American Free Enterprise system has empowered millions of people in the past. I know, because I saw it with my own eyes.

  Marco Rubio

  Eye, Past, People

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• One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in the transformation of shopkeepers into employees... The disappearance of free enterprise has led to a submergence of the individual in the impersonal corporation in much the same manner as he has been submerged in the state in other lands.

  William O. Douglas

  Spiritual, Sacrifice, Men

  William O. Douglas' speech at annual dinner of Fordham University Alumni Association in New York City, February 9, 1939.

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• I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.

  Vince Flynn

  People, Trying, Want

  "Vince Flynn Talks 'The Last Man,' His Newest Mitch Rapp Best-Seller (Q&A)". Interview With Andy Lewis, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 10, 2012.

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• Competition is the hallmark of a free enterprise economy. For the past thirty years, however, corporate America has been doing everything it can to cut competition, with major corporations merging and consolidating at every opportunity.

  Lou Dobbs

  Cutting, Past, Opportunity

  Lou Dobbs (2006). “War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War ont he American Dream and How to Fight Back”, p.110, Penguin

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• It's a slow process, but it is scary, because if someone can control your energy sources, they can control you. We are already being told what light bulbs we can and cannot use...through legislation. We are being forced to fund research into alternative energies sources that are inefficient, and that cause the price of food, energy, and everything else to rise...through legislation...rather than allow free enterprise to allocate funds to those energy sources that will survive through good old American innovation!

  Mike Thompson

  Light, Scary, Innovation

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• The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Skills, People, Incentives

  Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. June 23, 2010.

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• A genuine free enterprise system, without state-enforced artificial scarcities, artificial property rights or subsidies, would be like dynamite at the foundations of corporate power.

  Kevin Carson

  Rights, Foundation, Would Be

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• If you want to get rich with a tax free enterprise that sells nothing, start a church.

  Bill Maher

  Church, Want, Rich

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• I realize that Kenya and America are very different, but experiences like this warned me that my own favorite beliefs in the miracles of free enterprise and the boundless opportunities to be had in America were largely untrue.

  Chris Coons

  Opportunity, America, Miracle

  "Coons took 'bearded Marxist' turn" by Alex Isenstadt, www.politico.com. May 4, 2010.

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• Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

  Mitt Romney

  Strong, Kids, Class

  "Mitt Romney's Wisconsin Victory Speech". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 3, 2012.

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• President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American people!

  Mitt Romney

  Business, Creativity, Views

  "Mitt Romney's Florida Victory Speech". www.realclearpolitics.com. January 31, 2012.

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• The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.

  George Lois

  Business, Cynical, Individuality

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• Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.

  Ray Kroc

  Pride, Achievement, Risk

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.161, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.

  C. Wright Mills

  Business, Father, Winning

  C. Wright Mills (2002). “White Collar: The American Middle Classes”, p.36, Oxford University Press

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• The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless accumulation of dead money can furnish a meaningful life to sold-out souls is the supreme lie offered by the system of free enterprise.

  Gerry Spence

  Meaningful, Money, Lying

  Gerry Spence (2002). “Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life”, p.111, Macmillan

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• Over the last 25 years, the American free enterprise system created the most diverse video programming on earth with the best value for the customer. It is disappointing that the updated report relies on assumptions that are not in line with the reality of the marketplace.

  Kyle E. McSlarrow

  Reality, Years, Lasts

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• Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Government, Data, Support

  Arthur C. Brooks (2011). “The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future”, p.13, Basic Books

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• Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Wealth Creation, Satisfaction, Enterprise

  Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. June 23, 2010.

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• I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment.

  Rick Perry

  Country, Thinking, America

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• Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.

  Ishmael Reed

  Art, Ideas, Enterprise

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• You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard. You beat 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.

  Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

  Honesty, Integrity, America

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• As for Christianity's alleged concern with truth, Christian faith is to free inquiry what the Mafia is to free enterprise. Christianity may be represented as a competitor in the realm of ideas to be considered on the basis of its merits, but this is mere disguise. Like the Mafia, if Christianity fails to defeat its competition by legitimate means (which is a forgone conclusion), it resorts to strong-arm tactics. Have faith or be damned - this biblical doctrine alone is enough to exclude Christianity from the domain of reason.

  George H. Smith

  Christian, Strong, Mean

  George H. Smith (1974). “Atheism: The Case Against God”

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• I'm not pro-business. I'm pro-free enterprise.

  Jeb Hensarling

  Enterprise

  FaceBook post by Jeb Hensarling from Mar 29, 2013

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