Economic Quotes

Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education.

The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion. Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom.

Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

Under perfect competition, in the long run no company makes an economic profit.

The economic owning class is always the political ruling class.

The end of the decline of the Stock Market will probably not be long, only a few more days at most.

The balancing of the budget will not in itself place a teaspoonful of milk in a hungry baby's stomach, or remove the rags from its mother's back.

Ebola is not just a health crisis. Across West Africa, a generation of young people risks being lost to an economic catastrophe.

Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific - democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture.

Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to make whatever economic transactions they can mutually agree to.

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part to problems of human behavior and in part to economic and environmental problems

It's this mingling of the economic and political elite which is really destroying our democracy.

If individuals start to walk on the path of spirit and feel a sense of the sacred connectedness, then social, economic and political problems will also begin to get resolved.

While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for.

Marxists have more than once pointed out that the capitalist world economic system contains in itself the seeds of a general crisis and of warlike clashes.

Over 70% of what are called corruption (cases), even by EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and other anti-corruption agencies, is not corruption, but common stealing.

For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.

Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.

America must remain, at any cost, the custodian of freedom, human dignity and economic security. The United States must be strong, so that no nation may dare attack.

What we have is a more sophisticated form of imperialism, which is economic. But lurking in the background, always ready to go, is an armed force.

Are we prepared to take on the enormous political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy?

A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.

Economic theorists should not make such a production about taking a rabbit out of a hat after having put the rabbit into the hat in full view of the audience.

Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world.

The people see that Wall Street is running our economic policy, that big oil is running our energy policy and the military industrial complex is determining our foreign policy.

U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.

The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.

It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.

The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.

Social unrest and protectionism are the two major risks of the world economic crisis.

In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.

The economic dependence of women is perhaps the greatest injustice that has been done to us, and has worked the greatest injury to the race.

Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

...within ten years 80% of our economic legislation, perhaps even fiscal and social as well' would come from the EU.

The nation will continue to be a central pole of identification, even if more and more nations come to share common economic and political forms of organization.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.

You can’t have meaningful political democracy without functioning economic democracy.

Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?

Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.

We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.

Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.

The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization.

Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform.

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.