China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one should be surprised that China has re-emerged as an economic superpower.
~ Gary Locke
The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.
~ Samuel Gompers
It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.
~ José Saramago
We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.
~ Gustav Heinemann
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
~ Pope John Paul Ii
To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could otherwise be used to invest in stocks or corporate bonds. Government borrowings raise long-term interest rates, stifling economic growth.
~ Alex Berenson
Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.
~ Jeb Bush
If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they won't go on strike, they won't call for benefits; they'll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that's optimal for corporations' economic health.
~ Noam Chomsky
High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.
~ Anthony Albanese
While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs.
~ Michael D. Higgins
Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.
~ Bill Owens
What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesn't make sense.
~ Kevin Yoder
Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.
~ Jon Huntsman
Education is the best economic policy there is.
~ Tony Blair
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
~ Barbara Jordan
Because financially capable consumers ultimately contribute to a stable economic and financial system as well as improve their own financial situations, it's clear that the Federal Reserve has a significant stake in financial education.
~ Ben Bernanke
Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.
~ Desmond Tutu
For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.
~ James Forrestal
The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
~ Ludwig Von Mises
Economic integration is the path to riches and peace.
~ Edward C. Prescott
For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration.
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Good environmental policy is good economic policy.
~ Bernie Sanders
If our system continues without modification involving environmental and social concern, we will face an economic and social breakdown of our outdated monetary and political system.
~ Jacque Fresco
We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.
~ Barbara Boxer
Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.
~ Ma Jun
Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.
~ Henry Paulson
The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities.
~ Barry Commoner
Energy cogeneration on Capitol Hill makes economic and environmental sense and should be pursued for those reasons.
~ Ander Crenshaw
We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.
~ Christopher Dodd
Green-tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century.
~ John Doerr
Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil.
~ Joseph A. Schumpeter
Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue is a give-away. It's more reminiscent of a human menagerie than human society.
~ Jimmy Reid
We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.
~ Jalal Talabani
The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.
~ Julia Gillard
America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.
~ Ruben Hinojosa
