Economic Quotes

"Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men"

Franklin D. Roosevelt, President

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt, President

"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

"Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation"

Warren Buffett, Businessman

"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., Minister

"There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages"

P. J. O'Rourke, Journalist

"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

"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

"Political work is the life-blood of all economic work"

Mao Tse-Tung, Leader

"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

"Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment"

Barbara Jordan, Politician

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

E. F. Schumacher, Economist

"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

"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

"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

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

Clare Boothe Luce, Dramatist

"What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact"

J. William Fulbright, 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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis"

Barack Obama, President

"I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it"

Corrine Brown, Politician

"The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency"

Pope John Paul II, Clergyman

"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

"Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression"

Antonio Tabucchi, Writer

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