Quotes about Economics

I'm not for no taxes. That would be an anarchist. I am for lower taxes.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

Finally—and this is the seventh familiar theme of Venezuelan socialism—there is getting rich off politics. Once again, that does not occur in Scandinavia. There is not a single politician in Norway, Sweden or Denmark who has gone from zero to $10 million—or $200 million—while largely employed in the public sector.

Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.

Religion is the opium of the poor. I thought marijuana was the opium of the poor.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

A little over 5% of the world's population produces almost 29% of the world's goods and services.

Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart.

We must recognize that we can't solve our problems now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.... a radical restructuring of the architecture of American society.

Class is a way of looking at society that divides people into different categories based on how much money they're willing to make.

We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.

The wonder of a free-market society is that we can all do our best to package our message in an entertaining fashion and present it - and then everybody votes with their footsteps.