Economic Change Quotes

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• The collapse of the Soviet bloc ended the massive subsidies that had kept the Cuban economy afloat. The once-vaunted education and health care systems fell into disrepair. Fidel Castro's stubbornness, meanwhile, made political and economic change difficult in Cuba.

  Tom Gjelten

  Political, Subsidies, Care

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The cross to me is complete nonviolence because Jesus said, "Love your enemy. Do not kill." I realized that I could never kill anyone or hurt anyone, but I was committed to trying to bring about social and political and economic change.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Hurt, Jesus, Love You

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• I think we've seen at least the beginnings of rather significant social and economic change in the Muslim world, which I think will in due course lead to more political change.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Thinking, Political, World

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• The first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and anger, and I hope we will reach acceptance because almost perversely, right now, only the US has the technology that is needed for global economic change.

  Graciela Chichilnisky

  Acceptance, Thinking, Technology

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Real investment risk is measured not by the percent that a stock may decline in price in relation to the general market in a given period, but by the danger of a loss of quality and earnings power through economic changes or deterioration in management.

  Benjamin Graham

  Real, Loss, Risk

  Benjamin Graham, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, Financial Analysts Research Foundation (1974). “The Renaissance of value: the proceedings of a seminar on the economy, interest rates, portfolio management, and bonds vs common stocks, September 18, 1974”

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• 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

  Mistake, People, Political

  Lester B. Pearson (1964). “The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements”, McClelland and Stewart

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• I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It's time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.

  Bill de Blasio

  Change, Country, Thinking

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. April 12, 2015.

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• I believe there's an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.

  Bill de Blasio

  Believe, Majority, Progressive

  "Bill de Blasio on the Crisis of Inequality and the Blind Spots of the Democratic Party". Interview with Eric Alterman, www.thenation.com. May 14, 2015.

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• There was no simple riddance to the power of a dangerous political idea; no assassination possible to avert a disruptive change in technology; no natural death to be counted on to stop an economic change that ripped up ancestral estates or stirred up class discontent.

  Robert Heilbroner

  Simple, Technology, Class

  "The Future As History". Book by Robert Heilbroner, Chapter I, Part 6, The Inevitability of Progress, p. 31, 1960.

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• The global economy is becoming a place where women are more successful than men, and these economic changes are starting to rapidly affect our culture - what our romantic comedies look like, what our marriages look like, what our dating lives look like, and our new set of superheroes.

  Hanna Rosin

  Motivation, Inspiration, Successful

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• In the socialist commonwealth every economic change becomes an undertaking whose success can be neither appraised in advance nor later retrospectively determined. There is only groping in the dark. Socialism is the abolition of rational economy.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Dark, Determined, Socialism

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Economic Calculation In the Socialist Commonwealth”, p.22, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally.

  Peter L. Berger

  Mean, Simple, Issues

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• Without calculation, economic activity is impossible. Since under Socialism economic calculation is impossible, under Socialism there can be no economic activity in our sense of the word All economic change, therefore, would involve operations the value of which could neither be predicted beforehand nor ascertained after they had taken place. Everything would be a leap in the dark. Socialism is the renunciation of rational economy.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Taken, Dark, Would Be

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• Today, the UK must be the pioneer of a new model of economic change, that integrates social and environmental consideration. This is not just a question of values and moral duty. It is about our economy's capacity to sustain itself

  David Miliband

  Business, Environmental, Pioneers

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• Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Change, Strong, Power

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.199, Beacon Press

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• Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible and efficient markets for labor and capital, an entrepreneurial tradition, and a general willingness to tolerate and even embrace technological and economic change all contribute to this resiliency.

  Ben Bernanke

  Change, Technology, Years

  "Letting the air out". www.economist.com. November 19, 2008.

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• Any serious social, political, and economic change must include veganism.

  Gary L. Francione

  Political, Serious, Vegan

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• Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.

  Malcolm Fraser

  Heart, Spirit, Action

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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