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Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Price is a crazy and incalculable thing, while Value is an intrinsic and indestructible thing. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Business, especially big business, is now organized like an army. It is, as some would say, a sort of mild militarism without bloodshed; as I… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
From the standpoint of any sane person, the present problem of capitalist concentration is not only a question of law, but of criminal law, not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Because a girl should have long hair, she should have clean hair; because she should have clean hair, she should not have an unclean home;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is only one thing that stands in our midst, attenuated and threatened, but enthroned in some power like a ghost of the Middle Ages:… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand, and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and unable to get… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his own property. When he chooses… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms of ignorance is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Making the landlord and the tenant the same person has certain advantages, as that the tenant pays no rent, while the landlord does a little… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
You can't have the family farm without the family. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Most of us at the Reserve Bank come from a background in economics and hence have a predisposition in favour of free markets and a… — Ian Macfarlane
Immigrant families have integrated themselves into our communities, establishing deep roots. Whenever they have settled, they have made lasting contributions to the economic vitality and… — Edward Kennedy
The Lincoln Highway is to be something more than a road. It will be a road with a personality, a distinctive work of which the… — Carl G. Fisher
Actually, the inability of any society to resist immigration, the inability to find other solutions to the problem of employment at the lower, more physical,… — George F. Kennan
Labor force needs and economic conditions are disregarded in our policies. Many aspects of our current policies and procedures are patently wrong. For example, legal… — Ronald Reagan
Encouraging self-sufficiency must be a bedrock for our immigration policy, with the goal of reducing poverty, strengthening the family, and promoting our economic values. But… — Jeff Sessions
The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not been figured into… — Gloria Steinem
Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism, political oppression, starvation, disease, economic… — Aberjhani
Biggest pent-up negative wealth effect you can see in the economic data going back to 1952. — Unknown Author
We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like a wild species living in… — Yvon Chouinard
I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage and have barely… — Unknown Author
The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace. — Ludwig von Mises
Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth. — Dave Reichert

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