Economic Quotes

Mr. Nixon has, in the last seven days, called me an economic ignoramus, a Pied Piper, and all the rest. I've just confined myself to calling him a Republican. But he says that is getting low.

I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.

Milton Friedman’s misfortune is that his economic policies have been tried.

Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking in expenditure on behalf of the undeserving poor.

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

The greatest realities are physical and economic, all the subtleties of life come afterward.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.

Canada has no cultural unity, no linguistic unity, no religious unity, no economic unity, no geographic unity. All it has is unity.

[There will be movement toward] behavioral economics... [which] involves study of those aspects of men's images, or cognitive and affective structures that are more relevant to economic decisions.

My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic issue (economies of influence and their effect).

It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.We have not the power to produce more than there is a potential to consume.

Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the common man.

The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

Fighting climate change isn't just an obligation we owe to future generations. It's also an opportunity to improve public health - and drive economic growth - in the here and now.

Everywhere, and at all times, economic progress has meant far more to the poor than to the rich.

About 800 million people in India are below the age of 35 years. Their aspirations, energy, enterprise and skills will be the force for India's economic transformation.

People must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages.

I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's going to drive us into space?

Economic growth won't feed a growing population living on this finite planet

Destroying green belt agricultural land for immediate economic gain is like burning your children's inheritance to cook a single meal

Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions.

Confronted with economic problems, politicians always blame the private sector first ... [even] blaming the problem on the solution.

I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.

The most glaring deficiency in traditional economic models is that they completely ignore the role of context in evaluation.

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

The truth of anything doesn't matter anymore. What's right doesn't matter. What makes economic common sense doesn't matter. I'm blue in the face over it.

I think we've seen at least the beginnings of rather significant social and economic change in the Muslim world, which I think will in due course lead to more political change.

In tough economic times, we have to make every dollar count, and studies have shown a return of up to $17 for every dollar invested in early childhood.

Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship - but not love.

The [economic crisis] means that we have to address the challenges and the risks, and we need to take into account the level of resources. Doing better with less means doing it more together.

I want Canada to be the country that is the best in the world at combining economic growth, social justice and environmental sustainability.

The reality is that China is a much stronger power today, because the economic dimension has been added to the military and strategic one.

What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding blood to gain gold? More economic advantage, more territory, more power.

Undermine the entire economic structure of society by leaving the pay toilet door ajar so the next person can get in free.

What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?

What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials.

Anyone from abroad will tell you that it is the class system that really lies at the root of our problems, economic and industrial. The House of Lords symbolises that.

Hayek, in my view, is the leading economic thinker of the 20th century.

Economic crimes are complex in nature, difficult to untangle, and they must be investigated according to the procedures set by the law.

The natural economic, humanitarian and social integration, do not require any armed forces.

This issue is not economic but political. I hope that all market participants interested in maintaining stable and reasonable world energy prices will finally make the right decision.

Economic planning is nothing more than the forcible superseding of other people's plans by the powerful elite backed up by the brute force of government.

We've got a wonderful economic formula in this country.

Every dollar that the boss did not work for, one of us worked for a dollar and didn't get it.

I don't believe that military intervention is always the right approach. What we need is a comprehensive strategy, one that advances democratization, economic reforms and equal rights for women.

An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need.

We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.

High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.

In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.