Great Depression Quotes

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Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very… — Ben Bernanke
After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President… — Russ Carnahan
After the war, Prohibition was passed, and with liquor no longer legally available the nation plunged headlong into the Great Depression. — Dave Barry
I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is that we're getting… — Barack Obama
From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by… — Ron Paul
First, climate change is the greatest long-term threat faced by humanity. It could cause more human and financial suffering than the two world wars and… — David Miliband
The Federal Reserve the privately owned U.S. central bank definitely caused The Great Depression by contracting the amount of currency in circulation by one third… — Milton Friedman
In the Great Depression, employment was not low because investment was low. Employment and investment were low because labor market institutions and industrial policies changed… — Edward C. Prescott
So I analyzed that and decided I didn't want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of… — George W. Bush
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become a party that… — Rand Paul
But if, if you take a look at what would have happened, I mean, do we need to see soup lines down the street to… — Alexi Giannoulias
The crisis [the Great Depression] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second stage of democratic… — H.G. Wells
Right now, with millions of Americans still out of work, and struggling to recover from the worst economic downturn since the great depression, with 40… — Elizabeth Warren
I am worried that the collapse of home prices might turn out to be the most severe since the Great Depression. — Robert J. Shiller
Living through the 1929 Great Depression helped shape my social conscience. During this time, I realized the earth was still the same place, manufacturing plants… — Jacque Fresco
Then, when the Fed's fire hoses started spraying an elephant soup of liquidity injections in every direction and its balance sheet grew by $1.3 trillion… — David Stockman
We are having the single worst recovery the U.S. has had since the Great Depression. I don't care how you measure it. The East Coast… — Arthur Laffer
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened… — Steve Buyer
The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to… — Milton Friedman
But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of September 11, 2001,… — Nick Rahall

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