America Quote by Arundhati Roy

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

— Stewart Udall

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

It's better to have the taxpayer pay for the losses than have the United States of America become an economic wasteland. If the financial…

— Henry Paulson

We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is…

— Rebecca Solnit

I worry that we risk losing the hard-won gains that have made America a safer and more prosperous place.

— Jeff Sessions

During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow…

— Maya Angelou

A more productive economy in the long term will bring us higher tax revenues, but that requires long-term investment in infrastructure and the skills…

— Jeremy Corbyn

“We have created a society in which all the nation’s economic gains flow to the top and the vast majority sees income stagnation or…

— David Cay Johnston

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

— Adlai E Stevenson

We as a country are very good at responding to acute, short-term crises. When the crisis becomes chronic, we tend to withdraw.

— Kenneth Cole

Americans are no less susceptible to disease, joblessness, and family changes than their peers in rich nations, but they are made more fragile by…

— Annie Lowrey

As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own…

— Steve Forbes