Economic Quotes

The primary conflict, I think, is between people whose interests are with already well-established economic activities, and those whose interests are with the emergence of new economic activities.

I quickly convinced myself that the true key to material happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved with little difficulty under almost all economic conditions.

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

Climbing the economic ladder has been very hard for me; I still feel a great deal of guilt towards those I left behind.

Whoever wants to reach socialism by any other path than that of political democracy will inevitably arrive at conclusions that are absurd and reactionary both in the economic and the political sense.

Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't mean anything.

As to our trade and economic relations with China, they are growing more and more diverse each day, something we have worked on for a long time with our partners from China.

The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.

Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.

Japan has joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. How are we going to further economic relations on a new and much higher basis, at a higher level under the sanctions regime?

We view Egypt as a good friend of America. We are in constant touch with them. We provide them economic and military assistance as part of our relationship.

Currency warfare is the most destructive form of economic warfare.

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.

All we know about the new economic world is that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness.

Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.

The economic prerequisites for the socialist revolution are fully matured in the US. The political premises are likewise far more advanced than might appear on the surface.

The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.

There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.

In modern capitalism economic exploitation rather than political oppression is the real enemy of the people.

If we learn anything from the history of economic development, it is that culture makes all the difference.

Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy.

I am not interested in an economic liberation of man without the liberation of the whole man.

In economic theory the conclusions are sometimes less interesting than the route by which they are reached.

In the end the question is: Who is to be master, man or his machines? As long as the control over technology rests primarily on economic calculation, the victor is not likely to be man.

The power of the State must be invoked for restoring economic freedom just as it has been invoked for destroying economic freedom.

Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation.

In the garment trades, on the other hand, the presence of a body of the disfranchised, of the weak and young, undoubtedly contributes to the economic weakness of these trades.

China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. .

The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.

The plans differ; the planners are all alike.

We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for food in the midst of plenty.

All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow.

I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.

For the immediate future, at least, the outlook (stocks) is bright.

The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector.

They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands.

While so much of our economic life is thriving, too much of our moral life is still stagnating. As a people, we need to reaffirm our faith.

Economic controversy is generally a thankless task. You cannot hope to make any impression on your opponent. Yet he is the only reader on whose interest you can count.

A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.

Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!

The road to energy independence, economic recovery, and greenhouse gas reductions runs through the building sector.

observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory.

A single currency means a single government, and that single government would be the government whose policies determined every aspect of economic life.

Companies die because their managers focus on the economic activity of producing goods and services, and they forget that their organizations' true nature is that of a community of humans.

Socialism failed because it couldn't tell the economic truth. Capitalism may fail because it couldn't tell the ecological truth.

We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.

Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

I always knew that Neil Kinnock belonged in the economic nursery. Now, God help us we've got twins.

Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place to place.