Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Viewed as a means to the end of political freedom, economic arrangements are important because of their effect on the concentration or… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Now that economic realism has finally arrived in India, the future lies in becoming a strong economic power. Dominance in the world… — Mukesh Ambani Copy Share Image
An exploration of the challenges Korea faces in transforming its economy from a government-directed, low-cost producer to an innovative world economic power… — Lewis M. Branscomb Copy Share Image
It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power. — Michael Pare Copy Share Image
The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
By 'socialism' I mean a classless society in which the State has disappeared, production is cooperative, and no man has political or… — Dwight Macdonald Copy Share Image
The clinical definition of "fascism" is when private concentrated economic power takes government away from the people, turns government into a guarantor,… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
Simply put, no society can truly flourish if it stifles the dreams and productivity of half its population. Happily, I see evidence… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There are huge political problems in Germany, but German economic power is something which was bound to happen. The way out of… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most… — Samuel Gompers Copy Share Image
I think that so far the political and economic power of the fossil fuel industry has trumped all else. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital. — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power. — Frederick Jackson Turner Copy Share Image
By definition, design, and practice, capitalism is a system that concentrates economic power in the hands of the few to the exclusion… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
There are historic examples where a soft domination of certain states worked well. For instance the US, who dominated the Western alliance… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
We should use our economic power in lots of different ways. I think we can use that in order to keep [Vladimir]… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In life, some people just know that they have the power of their money. They can sign checks, contracts, and things like… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
