Economic Quote by James Cook

Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give it to…

— James Cook

What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?

— William Matthews

A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social…

— Richard Posner

Conservatism, though a necessary element in any stable society, is not a social program; in its paternalistic, nationalistic and power adoring tendencies it is…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

When men and women fail to form stable marriages, the result is a vast expansion of government attempts to cope with the terrible social…

— Maggie Gallagher

I'm not a libertarian in the sense that I think all these social programs should be abolished in any sense.

— Pat Buchanan

I try to look at the evolution of these utopian claims. In the late '60s there was an assumption that the wealth generated by…

— Astra Taylor

We went to the same college so I know [Hillary Clinton's] study habits, but when she was first lady of Arkansas, she did a…

— Madeleine Albright

[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand scale. There…

— Leonard Read

It's amnesty that America can't afford. We have to stop people from coming in illegally. This will be a green light for anyone who…

— Lou Barletta

We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program.

— George W. Bush

The best social program is a productive job for anyone who's willing to work.

— Ronald Reagan