#economy

The entire economy, of course, is locked in a down cycle right now. Last time we weathered this was during another Bush presidency in '90. We were locked in it for a year and a half and everyone came out of it. ↗

— David Talbot

#bush #bush presidency #came #course #cycle

When we get the private sector going through job creation and growth, then the governments at all level have revenues to do the things that they need to do. And that's why it's so important to get this economy moving, to get jobs created. We can't keep going on with this anemic recovery. ↗

— Jim Talent

#creation #economy #get #going #governments

We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa. ↗

— Oliver Tambo

#apartheid #believe #destroy #economy #firstly

Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#control #economy #effect #his #now

When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self-restraint . . . . It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy; they themselves willingly loosen their hold. . . . they neglect their chief business which is to remain their own masters. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#political-economy #business

You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#economy #taxes #taxing #business

Satan has certainly been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years. ↗

— Anton Szandor LaVey

#politics #power #business

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. ↗

— Murray Rothbard

#comes #dominion #economy #into #number

But the - look, I think that this - the United States of America is still the most powerful economy in the world. It is an incredible engine for creativity and innovation. And it has the most - smartest, most effective workforce in the world. So we have a lot going for us, in spite of the fractiousness of our politics. ↗

— Jay Carney

#creativity #economy #effective #engine #going

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people. ↗

— Matthew Continetti

#economic security #economy #ensuring #global #global economy