The Great Depression Quotes

Ever since the Great Depression, economists have known that demand shortages tend to persist in the wake of severe financial crises like the ones that happened in 1929 and 2008.

Victimhood and a “can't do” spirit is what the Democratic Party has mostly been about since the Great Depression.

The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.

First and foremost, it's important to remember that, from my perspective at least, my most important legacy was making sure that the world didn't go into a Great Depression.

I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is that we're getting a consensus around what needs to be done.

...housing activity will remain healthy for some time to come.

We have the worst revival of an economy since the Great Depression. And believe me: We're in a bubble right now.

I admire President Obama. He inherited the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. That was a terrible time for America.

When I hear [about a housing bubble] I get the sense that people aren't connecting the dots.

Wall Street has come a long way from the insider-dominated world that was blown apart by the Great Depression.

Nobody can go back to how it was. The dust bowl dried us all up bitter as seeds and spat us out all over the land and none of us yet has taken root.

Only if we understand our past, can we move forward to a brighter future.

When water fountains start charging to drink, then you know we have a problem.

Democracy is supposed to be ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’. Capitalism is ‘of the capitalist, for the capitalist’. Period.

Go home now, ” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.”“What are we going to need it for?” asks a voice from the crowd.“For guns and ammunition, ” says I.

To fit the individual to live and to function in the institutional life of his day.

What do you see out there?” I ask. “Pittsburgh, ” he replies. Now I laugh. “No, young man. What you see is hell with the lid taken off.” — Mother Jones