Commodities Quotes

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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and… — Bono
Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil… — James Buchan
A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate… — Margaret Chan
[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson
Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited. — James Gibbons
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities,… — David Ricardo
If the gains from trade in commodities are substantial, they are small compared to trade in ideas — David Landes
The first of all commodities to be exchanged is labour, and the freedom of man consists only in the exercise of the right to determine… — Henry Charles Carey
Money is different from all other commodities: other things being equal, more shoes, or more discoveries of oil or copper benefit society, since they help… — Murray Rothbard
The reward of commercial civilization is the ability to consume a never-ending array of products.There are limits beyond which commodities cannot be multiplied without preventing… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state. — Alexander Hamilton
The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its… — Alexander Hamilton
Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see… — Alexander Hamilton
We live in a culture where everything is designed for our comfort or entertainment but nothing satisfies. At our core, we remain insatiable, constantly on… — Daniel Pinchbeck
I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities. — Eloisa James
The problem is that humans have victimized animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims. They are not even considered at… — Gary Yourofsky
Who taught me that animals were put on this Earth for food? Who taught me to disrespect animals and view them as mere commodities? Who… — Gary Yourofsky
Manufacture, don't just trade. There is money in manufacturing even though it is capital intensive. To achieve a big breakthrough, I had to start manufacturing… — Aliko Dangote
The food we eat masks so much cruelty. The fact that we can sit down and eat a piece of chicken without thinking about the… — Angela Davis
Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew -- not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday Jew. ... What is the worldly religion… — Karl Marx

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