Economic Quotes

You know, my movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis.

Less money for retirees means less purchasing power means less economic growth overall. It's a big problem.

It seems to be almost inevitable that the man who accepts a subordinate economic position in the Family degenerates into a loafer and a tyrant.

Poverty is the fundamental cause of most of the physical, moral and economic ills of humanity.

I wrote that President Bush is passing on to President-elect Obama two wars and an economic debacle. I call it a depression. And he is arming Israel against the Palestinians in every way in Gaza.

I am half-surprised to find that as I go on I get more and more confirmed in the old advanced Liberal principles, economic, social, and political, with which I entered Parliament 30 years ago.

It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.

Symptoms of ethical, political and economic impoverishment are all around us.

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society.

Economic progress and justice do not consist in superbly equalized destitution, but in the constant creation of more and more goods and services, of more and more wealth and income to be shared.

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

As the Indian government has embraced greater economic openness, the creativity and expertise of the Indian workforce has been unleashed onto the world economic stage.

China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals.

Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?

The state, for a long period of time, has been undergoing a wrenching economic transformation. The reality is much grimmer than in other states.

As never before does the keeping of our economic machine in tune depend upon wise policies in the administrative side of the government.

The essential nature of a democracy compels it to insist that individual power of all kinds, political, economic, or intellectual, shall not be perversely and irresponsibly exercised.

Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism must find their sustenance.

The most essential factor to economic recovery today [1932] is the restoration of confidence.

Liberalism is a force truly of the spirit proceeding from the deep realization that economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly its own - our American system.

Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.

The larger unit can borrow more easily in proportion than the smaller. It can especially tap bank credit more easily and bank credit is, to-day, the chief factor in economic activity of all kinds.

We can build a new modern electric grid. That's a lot of jobs; that's a lot of new economic activity.

When you inherit the level of economic catastrophe that President Obama inherited, it was a real touch-and-go situation.

When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world.

Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top.

It is true that there's an economic argument and an economic feeling that something different needs to happen and politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth and all that kind of stuff.

Even though people are under economic pressure, they still want to support those brands with values that are compatible with their own.

Something is clearly wrong with Kansas and the rest of Middle America when it comes to letting economic self-interest guide their voting.

In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.

China attaches great importance to the utilization of renewable resources, making it one of the important moves to promote economic and social development

In the '80s and '90s we started to have economic problems because society became more conservative. So we didn't have the wherewithal for expanding to other areas.

For years I have made the point that progress in winding back economic slack is made not by high growth in any individual year, but by maintaining an expansion over a sustained period.

A lot of people come to America all the time for economic opportunities. This country is this huge work farm and you can make a lot of money here.

Slavery had very little to do with the economic success of the West. Just look at the facts and figures and how much slavery actually contributed to development.

I'm someone who can create critiques of individuals based on their economic history. That's one way I look at people in terms of one story that could be told purely in a Marxist construction.

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

A planet full of people meant nothing against the dictates of economic necessity!

I would prefer to believe that a market in fetal organs would empower women to use their reproductive capabilities to their own economic advantage.

Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess that attends a business expansion.

When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows.

The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior.

The only time you can have maximum economic progress is when social programs don't exist.

The reason our economic crisis has been forestalled is the reason there will be an economic crisis.

Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.

It's not enough just to be a mother. It's not only the social pressure on mothers by certain kinds of feminism and other sources. There is also economic pressure on them.

We have to do commerce differently because the WalMart system of big box chain retail will soon die. This means rebuilding local main street economies (networks of local economic interdependency).

The suburban cycle which began a hundred years ago is nearly over. We are in for a period of contraction and economic hardship.

Once energy problems gain traction, there will be a large new class of economic losers, and consequently a lot of social turbulence.