Enterprise Quotes

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. — Francis Bacon
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics. — Pope Benedict XVI
I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right. — Tony Blair
We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of… — Michael Bloomberg
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't?… — Eli Broad
No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was… — Dick Cheney
From our perspective, trying to deal with this continuing campaign of terror, if you will, the war on terror that we're engaged in, this is… — Dick Cheney
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people… — Winston Churchill
When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of my memories. She… — Martin Amis
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also… — Marie Curie
In an organization of any significant size, the executives cannot create the future single-handedly. They must develop the enterprise in a constellation of teams within… — Karl Albrecht
In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended on an insistence… — Bruce Alberts
When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been happening with drugs? — Milton Friedman
A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon. — Edward Abbey
Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign… — Alexander Hamilton
Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. — Thomas Jefferson
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in… — Robert Kennedy
We have to speak out now on behalf of our community and on behalf of the land and say they're the same thing and say… — Terry Tempest Williams

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