Economic Quotes

"In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down"

"In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people"

Franklin D. Roosevelt, President

"Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family"

Clare Boothe Luce, Dramatist

"At many points during our nation's history, there have been times - known in our history textbooks as "panics" - when adverse conditions affecting the financial and economic sectors of the country have caused individuals to hoard more than they need"

Jo Bonner, Politician

"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable"

John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist

"The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state"

John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist

"If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters"

E. F. Schumacher, Economist

"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects"

John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist

"Yet in order to make sure the European social model keeps up with the pace of economic change that is now necessary, the EU must embrace a new approach to lawmaking"

John Hutton, Educator

"So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner environment, to create more jobs, to make us more secure"

John Hutton, Educator

"The Civil Service is a vital economic asset to the UK - firstly, in the way it creates a framework for excellence in service delivery and secondly, in how it helps organise the best way to deliver modern public services on which both businesses and individuals depend"

John Hutton, Educator

"I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn't the thing"

Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman

"In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation"

Maggie Gallagher, Writer

"The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights"

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician

"While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo"

Camille Paglia, Author

"We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength"

George W. Bush, President

"Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves"

Herbert Hoover, President

"America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose"

Herbert Hoover, President

"Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself"

Herbert Hoover, President

"And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes"

George W. Bush, President

"It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor in economic life"

Hjalmar Schacht, Economist

"In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good"

Jim Ryun, Athlete

"I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region"

King Hussein I, Statesman

"Well, the economic recovery was successful even though the Democrats opposed the reforms every step of the way. And it is clear the Democrats have no clear plan to strengthen our economy, as Republicans do"

Todd Tiahrt, Politician

"The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth"

Todd Tiahrt, Politician

"There is a strong correlation between belief in evolution and liberal views on government control, pornography, prayer in schools, abortion, gun control, economic freedom, and even animal rights"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"Finally, treat domestic energy production as the economic necessity it is and the job creator it can be. Drill, and frack, and lease, and license, unleash in every way the jobs potential in the enormous energy resources we have been denying ourselves"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe"

Lucas Papademos, Politician

"The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or lose, there is nothing but waste and destruction"

Lester B. Pearson, Politician

"It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world"

Lester B. Pearson, Politician

"And judging what is appropriate or not appropriate for a country, I think it is important in particular in judging what is the appropriate economic policy framework, one should take into account the overall political environment and the institutional framework within which economic policy operates"

Lucas Papademos, Politician

"Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system"

Carly Fiorina, Businessman

"Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe"

Lester B. Pearson, Politician

"Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world"

Christo, Artist

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