Levels Quote by John Mearsheimer

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich…

— Harold Laski

The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order,…

— Melville Fuller

Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength.

— Stafford Cripps

“There are few problems in the world that economic prosperity cannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierce attack. The…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all.

— John Mearsheimer

Economic and social misery increases in direct proportion to the size and power of the central government of a nation or state.

— Kirkpatrick Sale

In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you.

— Albert J. Nock

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

— Jose Saramago

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the…

— Murray Rothbard

The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty…

— Martin Luther

Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.

— George S. Clason