“The dominant orthodoxy in development economics was that Third World countries were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty that could be broken only by massive foreign aid from the more prosperous industrial nations of the world. This was in keeping with a more general vision on the Left that people were essentially divided into three categories - the heartless, the helpless, and wonderful people like themselves, who would rescue the helpless by playing Lady Bountiful with the taxpayers' money.” PeopleWorldHeartCountryThreeLeftNationsVisionPovertyWonderfulBrokenDevelopmentEconomicsThirdsAidsCyclesMassiveCategoriesDividedTrappedRescueHelplessDominantViciousProsperousTaxpayersOrthodoxyThird WorldHeartlessThird World CountriesForeign AidVicious CyclesCycle Of Poverty Book:Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays
“People are an asset, not a liability. The United States is the most immigrant-friendly nation in the world and the richest country in the world. This is not a coincidence. Those voices that would make us less immigrant-friendly would make us less successful, less prosperous and certainly less American.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesNationsVoiceUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulImmigrantsFriendlyAssetsCoincidenceProsperousLiability Author:Grover Norquist
“I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.” PeopleWorldShouldCountryEnergyDealsEconomySourceDifficultyCriticalDevelopingDeprivedProsperousProsperous Country Author:Lee R. Raymond
“By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous, more people have opportunity, kids have a better education, we're more competitive, climate change is being taken more seriously than it was.Those are going to be the measures by which I look back and say whether I've been successful as president.” PeopleLooksCountryKidsOpportunityPresidentSuccessfulTakenOfficeClimateClimate ChangeHookProsperousCrooks Author:Barack Obama
“I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is to be in a nice prosperous country with a lot of entertainment options because there's so many distractions.” CountryChristianFoundChristianityNiceEntertainmentHardestDistractionProsperousProsperous Country Author:Philip Yancey
“We must help all our young people to understand that ours is still a very poor country, that we cannot change this situation radically in a short time, and that only through the united efforts of our younger generation and all our people, working with their own hands, can China be made strong and prosperous within a period of several decades. The establishment of our socialist system has opened the road leading to the ideal society of the future, but to translate this ideal into reality needs hard work.” PeopleNeedsMadeStillsCountryHardHelpingHandsRealityYoungStrongPoorUnitedEffortSituationGenerationsHard WorkPeriodsIdealsChinaDecadesEstablishmentTranslateSocialistProsperousShort TimeYounger GenerationPoor CountriesIdeal Society Author:Mao Zedong
“The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis.” CountrySoundBasesFundamentalsProductionsCommodityDistributionProsperous Author:Herbert Hoover
“Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.” CountryVoiceOpinionHeardCitizensStrongerProsperous Author:Michelle Obama