Quotes about Economy

The public trust is at the core of both a free market economy and a democracy.

The hard-working, honest rich are the primary providers of jobs that allow us to have a middle class in this country.

Jesus alone is supreme. In His economy, the mark of greatness is worn only by the servant to all. Under Jesus' reign, the self-exalted are ultimately humbled and the self-humbled are ultimately exalted.

The great flaw in the American economic system has finally been revealed: an unrealistic faith in the power of prosperity rather than in the ultimate power and benevolence of God.

Many young people are building their lives on the rock of materialism. I find across the country a deep economic discontent among people in every walk of life.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

The reason the world emits so much greenhouse gas is that—as long as you ignore the long-term damage they do—our current energy technologies are by and large the cheapest ones available. So moving our immense energy economy from "dirty," carbon-emitting technologies to ones with zero emissions will cost something.

With the price of today's batteries, EV owners save money only if gas costs more than around $3 per gallon.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level--I mean the wages of decent living.

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.

If we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads?

Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you.