Country Quote by Leland Stanford

If the machinery for distribution in the present economic system of the world is incapable of properly distributing the productive wealth of nations, then…

— Gregor Strasser

Failure is inevitable; it happens all the time in a complex economy.

— Tim Harford

We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the…

— Matthew Crawford

Failure is just a tax on the way to success. It is inevitable but it is not the whole story.

— Michael Hyatt

If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and…

— Wen Jiabao

All wealth is power, so power must infallibly draw wealth to itself by some means or other.

— Edmund Burke

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well…

— David Hume

As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.

— Cal Thomas

The distribution of wealth is not determined by nature. It is determined by policy.

— Eric Schneiderman

Failures are made only by those who fail to dare, not by those who dare to fail.

— Lester B Pearson

“many poverty-stricken countries were unable to obtain much-needed capital because of their undependable laws and confiscatory policies toward foreign investors.”

— Thomas Sowell

Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment.

— Henry Hazlitt