Economic Quotes · Page 17

The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it…

— Jack Kemp

We don't see very far in the future, we are very focused on one idea at a time, one problem at a…

— Daniel Kahneman

Government interference with the economic process represents a substitution of political for consumer objectives.

— Sheldon Richman

My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world.

— Marilyn French

Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive…

— Ban Ki-moon

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

— Oliver Stone

I think raising wages, investing in infrastructure, making sure that people have access to good educations that equip them for the jobs…

— Barack Obama

A business does not start up because it needs to provide jobs for a community. That's not why it happens. It's another…

— Rush Limbaugh

Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring…

— Ban Ki-moon

Even bigger machines, entailing even bigger concentrations of economic power and exerting ever greater violence against the environment, do not represent progress:…

— E. F. Schumacher

Casey Anthony was found not guilty. This means that President Obama’s economic team is only the second-most clueless group in America.

— Jay Leno

America's economic strength depends on industry's ability to improve productivity and quality and to remain on the cutting edge of technology, and…

— Ronald Reagan

I want to win. [...] We're not going on win by doing what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton do each and every…

— Jeb Bush

Americans have no idea why they have been at war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for a decade. They don't…

— Paul Craig Roberts

Dr. King once said, "You cannot legislate goodness, and you cannot pass a law to force someone to respect you. The only…

— John Hope Bryant

Every bank should give an economic opportunity to one woman, one dalit or one tribal person to become entrepreneurs. This will create…

— Narendra Modi

Europe has been in the grip of a very serious economic crisis for few years, so there have been major cuts to…

— Loretta Napoleoni

Money is not a part of the visible sector of the economy; people do not consume money. Money is not a physical…

— Louis O. Kelso

I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. Like most people I regard politicians as frauds and…

— Russell Brand

The Tea Party movement's economic agenda is a matter of emphasis, not exclusion. This is not a single-issue group.

— Ari Melber

The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.

— George C. Scott

Society must cease to look upon 'progress' as something desirable. 'Eternal Progress' is a nonsensical myth. What must be implemented is not…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of…

— Jacob Lawrence

The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless…

— John Perry Barlow

The seminar in economic theory conducted by Hayek at the L.S.E. in the 1930s was attended, it came to seem, by all…

— John Kenneth Galbraith