So far in facing this huge [peak oil] challenge, our political/economic system seems unable to cope with reality. We are forced to… — Madeleine Bunting Copy Share Image
We have power... Our power isn’t in a political system, or a religious system, or in an economic system, or in a… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
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Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
These people talk of a "middle-of-the-road" policy. What they do not see is that the isolated interference, which means the interference with… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
One of our great strength, world capitalism, is the most successful economic system possible, but has also become one of shorter and… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
“They cannot see that growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness, that Phoenix and Albuquerque will not be better… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Feudalism is an economic system where a few people own all the land and the others have no option but to be… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
There God tells us exactly what is going to happen and scripture tells us that there is going to come a world… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
This story is the ultimate example of American’s biggest political problem. We no longer have the attention span to deal with any… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
And the voters, many of them, feel that the economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. You are going… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The economic system that the United States has is an evil empire. It's an economic system that's not fair, not just, and… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
“On election days, the burdens of poverty and corruption and of a creaky economic system are put aside, and India celebrates. Many… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
It is the system itself that, that is incapable of producing freedom for the twenty-two million Afro-Americans. Just like a chicken can't… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
For myself, as, no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
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“Shalom is meant to be both personal (emphasizing our relationships with others) and structural (replacing systems where shalom has been broken or… — Randy S. Woodley Copy Share Image
When I first saw China, there were no automobiles. There were no supermarkets. There were no high-rise buildings. There were no consumer… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
We need to reject not only outdated fossil-fuel technology, but also an outdated economic system and an outdated corporatist political system. The… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
I think the regime in North Korea is more fragile than people think. The country's economic system remains desperate, and one thing… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
These strengths, and our civilization in general, have reached an apogee with the end of the apocalyptic threats of the Cold War… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
“If the world were full of the self-seeking individuals found in economics textbooks, it would grind to a halt because we would… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
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Men have always been a prey to distractions, which arethe original sins of the mind; but never before today has an attempt… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
So long as the great majority of the poor in any country are inert and are laboring without any hope in this… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
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“In the late Middle Ages the stupefying simplicity of the heliocentric model was used as an argument to discredit the new astronomy.… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
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“(O)n a whole range of issues, there has been a massive popular shift in public opinion toward a progressive critique of the… — Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed introduction to Censored 2013 Copy Share Image
For nearly two centuries, scholars and politicians have debated the future of capitalism. Its critics, most prominent among them Karl Marx, have… — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
We must look at what immigration to America involves. To the new arrivals, the change is excruciating. Learning a new language and… — John Lachs Copy Share Image
For 60 years, since World War II, we have been trying to create a rules-based system, a global economic system. We understand… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“The incommensurability between the modern economic system and the people who staff it explains why modern workers have so often been depicted… — Craig M. Gay Copy Share Image
The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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