Economic Quotes

But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality.

If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector

No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool

Your social costs, your costs to the taxpayers, are $3 for every $1 of benefits, it's not good economic development

The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction

Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits

It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas

State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development

In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international obligations

Tax cuts continue to benefit families, seniors, and small business owners, as evidenced by unparalleled economic growth in Nevada and across the country.

Conservatives value economic liberty and moral security, while the liberal values economic security and moral liberty.

A rising economic tide is bad for people who live off of the poverty of others.

Economic issues are just as much moral issues as social issues.

A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it.

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.

I definitely want to focus on economic development, because that is what is needed in the community, as well as education.

The American people and American businesses are looking to the federal government to lead our nation on the path to economic recovery. It is time to stop splitting hairs. It is time to act.

If you analyze the production of coca in Colombia, you will realize that it is like economic cycles. It goes up and down, it goes up and down depending on the circumstances.

I wonder about economic sanctions, though, since that is a way that states engage in boycotts against one another.

Whenever Canada moves to protect its own industries and people, it is subjected to violent attacks in the U.S. Congress and to threats of economic retaliation.

As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.

The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.

If we were to impose greater sanctions on economic sectors, I think we could have a significant impact on Putin.

I have been gradually coming under the conviction, disturbing for a professional theorist, that there is no such thing as economics - there is only social science applied to economic problems.

The process of consumption is the final act in the economic drama.

What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesnt make sense.

We've seen the weakest economic recovery since World War II, and massive levels of inequality and debt.

A nation that encourages its people to spend more and save less promotes economic backwardness, social decay and its own financial doom.

People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.

When I see our country's stagnation and economic woes, I cannot help but think that we need a creative revolution that is embraced by business and endorsed by government and educators alike.

If the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).

The likely economic effects [of the war in Iraq] would be relatively small... Under every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be quite small relative to the economic benefits.

The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one.

Your retirement identity is of a successful person who creatively and efficiently manages your money and lifestyle to adapt to the ever changing economic and personal conditions of our time.

Science has been the absolute bedrock of technological and economic progress in the United States.

The market is the creator of social wealth and the wellspring of self-sustaining economic development.

When Mexico enjoys an economic boom while the U.S. is in dire fiscal straights, it seemed perfectly credible that Mexico would not roll out the welcome mat for unemployed Americans.

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

Our world faces incredible economic uncertainty. The notion of what is a super power has evolved, and who actually can carry what muscle has changed.

We have an economic policy that is just about 10,000 years out of date.

The scarcity that afflicts the world is not the fault of either science or nature. The cause is defective economic institutions which abort technology's affluence producing potential.

Political power without economic power is sterile.

In war and in peace, in prosperity and times of economic hardship, America has no better friend or more dependable ally than the United Kingdom.

The essence of Keynesianism is its complete failure to conceive the role that saving and capital accumulation play in the improvement of economic conditions.

As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of rights become humbug.

I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were no beds left. Violence against women crosses all economic lines.

People, no matter the economic class, find ways to feed their narcissism.

Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.

Economic equality of my conception does not mean that every one will literally have the same amount.

Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.