#states

The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us. ↗

— Josiah Warren

#almost #bankruptcy #brought #check #consumes

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#here #journalists #like #maligned #much

The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before. ↗

— Jon Lee Anderson

#before #did #flowing #force #here

I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. ↗

— Chester A. Arthur

#damned #i #life #may #nobody

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#dear #freedoms #gather #guide #hold

There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so. ↗

— John Barry

#certainly #codes #federal #federal tax #law

Compared to the United States, physicians in Europe have a much more conservative approach to joint replacement in general. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#compared #conservative #europe #general #joint

Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#federal #federal level #hour #level #minimum

Do you inquire why, holding these views and possessing some will of my own, i accept so imperfect a proposition? I answer, because I live among men and not among angels. ↗

— Thaddeus Stevens

#men

America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products. ↗

— Thomas L. Friedman

#capitalism #economics #freedom #liberty #politics