Economic prosperity Quote by Ziad K. Abdelnour

There are few problems in the world that economic prosperitycannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierceattack. The forces that…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Probably it's insufficient to say that behind the governments, behind the apparatus of the State, there is the dominant class; one must locate the…

— Michel Foucault

“Making the rich poorer does not make the poor richer, but it does make the state stronger—and it does increase the power of officials…

— Keith Joseph

“some nations have tried to bring about more economic equality in economically harmful ways, not through opening up free markets but through brute use…

— Barry Asmus

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

History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for…

— Rohini Nilekani

“No natural forces determine income, wealth, and the quality of human life. We make the decisions about who will prosper and who will not—or…

— David Cay Johnston

The wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals. If they take their destiny into their own hands, follow a…

— Mao Zedong

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The inherent vice of capitalism is the…

— Sir Winston Churchill

“The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“The government never minds having more power, and is always prepared to paper over the problems it creates. An economy not bludgeoned by powerful…

— Jeffrey Tucker

In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability…

— Will Durant