Economy Quotes

• 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.

  Political, Causes, Charity

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Military, Moving

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

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• Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

  Milton Friedman

  Thinking, People, Giving

  Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman (2002). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.15, University of Chicago Press

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• In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

  Confucius

  Country, Countries Of The World, Government

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• The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Scarcity, Lessons, Politics

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Economics, Efficiency, Economic Efficiency

  "Our future energy strategy cannot depend on renewables alone" by John Hayes, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2012.

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• People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.

  Lee Iacocca

  Business, People, Want

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 13 Oct. 1974

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• We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

  Paul Polman

  Business, Choices, Growth

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• The more one considers the matter, the clearer it becomes that redistribution is in effect far less a redistribution of free income from the richer to the poorer, as we imagined, than a redistribution of power from the individual to the State.

  Bertrand de Jouvenel

  Power, Government, Matter

  Baron Bertrand de Jouvenel, Bertrand De Jouvenel (2010). “The Ethics of Redistribution”, p.73, Cambridge University Press

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• You know there are very few Marxists left in the world... they're all in American universities.

  Milton Friedman

  America, World, Economic

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• We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Wisdom, Women, Recovery

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• First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the world community. But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy. Obviously, the owners of coal and oil will not be enthusiastic about this. One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.

  Ottmar Edenhofer

  Country, Nature, Oil

  "UN IPCC Official Admits 'We Redistribute World's Wealth By Climate Policy' 15 Shares". www.newsbusters.org. November 18, 2010.

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• Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits.

  David Ricardo

  Happiness, Happy, Country

  David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1846). “The Works of David Ricardo ...”, p.474

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• Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

  Hannah More

  Forgiveness, Heartbroken, Anger

  Hannah More (1840). “The Miscellaneous Works of Hannah More”, p.639

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• Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Men, Law, Liberty

  Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.6, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.

  Alvin Toffler

  Business, Thinking, Textiles

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• Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.

  Seneca the Younger

  Too Late, Purses, Economics

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• The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.

  Woody Allen

  Years, Lasts, Study

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• Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

  George Washington

  Freedom, War, Fire

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• Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

  Josh Billings

  Men, Dollars, Saving

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• The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.

  Bill Bryson

  Two, Population, World

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• Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

  Edmund Burke

  Commitment, Essentials, May

  Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.3780, Delphi Classics

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• Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Business, Today, Tomorrow

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• It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more.

  Joseph Hall

  Giving, Littles, Study

  Joseph Hall (1837). “The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology”, p.58

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• There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Efficiency

  Address to his Constituents, 1 October 1868, in 'The Times' 3 October 1868

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