Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard… — Martin Niemoller Copy Share Image
Ever since man began to till the soil and learned not to eat the seed grain but to plant it and wait… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
We have broken the shackles of conservative socialism. The growing middle classes want the kind of standard of living you enjoy in… — Vijay Mallya Copy Share Image
Don't take it out on the Muslims. Don't take it out on Latinos. Try to help us work together to create a… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The Libertarian position on immigration is to have, not open borders with no restrictions, but to have controlled borders that allow hard-working… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
Rampant technolgy eliminates luxury, but not by declaring privilege a human right; rather, it does so by both raising the general standard… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
But it [crony capitalism] erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Poor people in America today (people who are officially in poverty) have a higher standard of living - in terms of medical… — Michael Medved Copy Share Image
A few hundred years ago, perhaps 85 or even 90 percent of humanity lived below a standard of living that today only… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
But the higher our standard of living, the higher our levels of education, the further people will look around. And we can… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the… — Hector Hugh Munro Copy Share Image
The free market exists to promote prosperity and human life, and that is what it has accomplished, splendidly, with breathtaking brilliance. In… — George Reisman Copy Share Image
Everybody in life is pursuing money: left, right, charity, nonprofits, everybody's pursuing money. Everybody wants a raise. Everybody wants to improve their… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
If you believe that the developing world deserves the same standards of living that we do in the developed world, then to… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
If the present American laws concerning the taxation of the profits of corporations, the incomes of individuals, and inheritances had been introduced… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Well, if I use Hispanic culture I get corruption and really good salsa music. If I use Chinese culture I get rigid… — John Ringo Copy Share Image
CO2 is a minor player in the total system, and human CO2 emissions are insignificant compared to total natural greenhouse gas emissions.… — Jonathan Duhamel Copy Share Image
The characteristic feature of modern capitalism is mass production of goods destined for consumption by the masses. The result is a tendency… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living… — Sidney Hillman Copy Share Image
The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The primary aim of modern warfare ... is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If we cannot return to fiscal integrity because the public prefers profusion and prodigality over balanced budgets, we cannot escape paying the… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
The question is: Would there be a market in Germany for certain types of employment if one were to allow the employed… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I have certain objectives. They're the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I quickly convinced myself that the true key to material happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
If you want to know what the biggest thing in your way to an improved standard of living, higher pay, a more… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If we look at everybody's darling, China, there is an analogue called Taiwan that is inhabited by the Chinese as well. But… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion… — Ernst Engel Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church…as long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. If they… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Capitalism has improved the standard of living of the wage earners to an unprecedented extent. The average American family enjoys today amenities… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The capitalist system, in spite of all obstacles put in its way by governments and politicians, has raised the standard of living… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
You know, whatever it takes. It's very important obviously from an economic point of view because of the need for innovation, for… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
Capitalism has been called a system of greed—yet it is the system that raised the standard of living of its poorest citizens… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The wage of a people has meaning only when it arises from production. Every increase in production should benefit the whole people… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image