Economic Quotes

"I firmly believe that democracy and economic development go hand in hand. By empowering our citizens and creating opportunities for all, we can build a stronger, more resilient Ivory Coast"

Alassane Ouattara, President

"My priority is the economic and social development of Ivory Coast. It is a process that will require the participation of all Ivorians"

Alassane Ouattara, President

"We are now preparing for the reform of the yuan's exchange rate system. For such reforms to take place, we need good economic conditions... and we need to do it under tight control"

Wu Yi, Politician

"Two common conceptions with regard to advertising which are held by a considerable number of people are that enormously large sums of money are expended for it, and that much of this expenditure is an economic waste"

Daniel Starch

"For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity"

Jennifer M. Granholm, Politician

"The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency; it makes sound economic sense"

Mary McAleese, Statesman

"Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress"

Mac Thornberry, Politician

"My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here"

Ernie Fletcher, Politician

"The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses"

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Writer

"A law can be both economic folly and constitutional"

Antonin Scalia, Judge

"In fact, the recent increase in intra-firm trading enables businesses to shift their activities across borders smoothly, thereby strengthening the response of economic activity to exchange rate movements in the long run"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important"

Manmohan Singh, Statesman

"Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world"

James F. Byrnes, Politician

"In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke"

Ike Skelton, Politician

"The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side"

William Kirby, Scientist

"Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics"

George Reisman, Economist

"Driving with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake is likely to get you nowhere, but certainly will burn out vital parts of your car. Similarly, cutting taxes on the middle class, but increasing them on the 'rich' is likely to result in an economic burnout"

Terry Savage

"We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet"

John Lynch, Politician

"Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency"

Lewis Thompson Preston, Businessman

"In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict"

Chen Ning Yang, Physicist

"Our financial services and insurance cluster is one of Delaware's key economic drivers in the state"

Ruth Ann Minner, Politician

"Well-functioning financial systems are important in achieving sustained economic growth. They play a crucial role in channeling household savings into the corporate sector and allocating investment funds among firms"

Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant

"My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time"

Manmohan Singh, Statesman

"This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic"

Garet Garrett, Journalist

"The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market"

Jacques Delors, Economist

"The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt"

Ruben Hinojosa, Politician

"My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance"

Paul Tsongas, Politician

"Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader"

Judy Biggert, Politician

"A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth"

Josephus Daniels, Politician

"Low unemployment numbers are clear indicators that Republican tax relief and economic policies are spurring growth and helping businesses hire new workers while providing American families with job security"

J. D. Hayworth, Politician

"I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard"

William Kirby, Scientist

"In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age"

Tim Bishop, Politician

"The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution"

Steven Levy, Journalist

"We are at crisis point. I think anybody that sees this nation as being on stable economic or fiscal ground is fooling themselves"

Joe Miller, Politician

"As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds"

Charles Rangel, Politician

"As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal"

Ted Kulongoski, Politician

"Promoting job creation and economic growth in the Hudson Valley is one of my top priorities in Congress"

Sue Kelly, Politician

"I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current"

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President

"Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life"

Charles Vest, Educator

"First National Bank laid off 1,000 people; where do they go? There are no jobs for them. So we are having serious economic problems in this country. We are in a real economic crisis"

Richard M. Daley, Politician

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