Chance Quote by Arthur Capper

We need national economic policies that have been shown to work at the state level.

— Stephen Moore

The state, for a long period of time, has been undergoing a wrenching economic transformation. The reality is much grimmer than in other states.

— Herb Asher

The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive…

— Alexander Hamilton

... in the present State of America, our welfare and prosperity depend upon the cultivation of our lands and turning the produce of them…

— George Washington

If we manage to remove the state enough for society to flourish, we will have succeeded because free economic activity will lead to benefits…

— Javier Milei

The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of…

— Leland Stanford

An important part of what the state does is preserving its history.

— James R. Thompson

Financial dependence on the state is the foundation of modern serfdom.

— G. Edward Griffin

For most of human history, the main goal of states has been to conquer land and to achieve glory for their rulers, usually at…

— Geoff Mulgan

I expect to see the State, which is in a position to calculate the marginal efficiency of capital-goods on long views and on the…

— John Maynard Keynes

The essential function of the State is to maintain peace, justice, law, and order, and to protect the individual citizen against aggression, violence, theft,…

— Henry Hazlitt