No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence. As… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The perpetual tendency of the race of man to increase beyond the means of subsistence is one of the general laws of… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Because it is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. It is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. And… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When you take away the subsistence economy, then your farm population is seriously exposed to the vagaries of the larger economy. As… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Men, like animals, naturally multiply in proportion to the means of their subsistence. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We recognize that the majority of people who are food-insecure or hungry in the world live in rural areas. And most of… — Ertharin Cousin Copy Share Image
