Incomes Quotes
92 quotes by 79 authors
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot…
— Conrad Black
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There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save…
— Arthur C. Brooks
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I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an…
— Nick Clegg
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What we did with deeming rules were designed - it was designed to keep costs from coming on to the government that should be borne…
— William J. Clinton
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Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage pricing…
— Alan Greenspan
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It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance, still…
— R. H. Tawney
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained…
— Sun Tzu
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We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our…
— George Bernard Shaw
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In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who receive the money…
— Murray Rothbard
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To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty…
— John Stuart Mill
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The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment against those whose…
— Ludwig von Mises
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As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing global warming when…
— Harrison Schmitt
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The 'global warming scare' is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making. It has no…
— Harrison Schmitt
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Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the…
— Arthur C. Brooks
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To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And envy is, and…
— Donald J. Boudreaux
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Still, I wonder if more women artists, musicians and writers aren't household names because we don't have enough faith in our own pursuits to give…
— Holly Robinson Peete
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Trade is now clearly designed to favor the wealthiest and most powerful corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The three wealthiest people…
— Jim Wallis
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The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between adjacent towns, from…
— Harriet Quimby
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Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be…
— William Greider
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If you're really serious about protecting people's incomes, you've got to consider how you're going to protect the dollar. If you don't have the dollar…
— Ron Paul
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