Economics Quotes

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Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics… — David Attenborough
All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy… — Michele Bachmann
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. — Frederic Bastiat
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat
They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be… — Frederic Bastiat
Often the masses are plundered and do not know it. — Frederic Bastiat
I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as… — Glenn Beck
I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as whether to serve… — Ben Bernanke
Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. — William Beveridge
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. — Ambrose Bierce
And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught… — Lewis Black
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. — Bertolt Brecht
When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that… — Warren Buffett
We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. — Warren Buffett
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. — Warren Buffett
It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life. — Julius Caesar
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. — Andrew Carnegie
Economics is not brain surgery. — Benjamin Carson
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. — Winston Churchill

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