“People would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic system they inhabit and the insecurity and exhaustion it creates, and question the sense and purpose of a society where control of a large portion of life is abdicated under contract in the labour market, and where immense creativity and potential is stifled by the need to do difficult and repetitive tasks in order to earn a wage.” PeopleNeedsWellsLife IsPurposeOrderAsksDifficultCreativityEconomicTypeAmbitionTasksAspirationLabourInsecurityContractsPortionsImmenseExhaustionEconomic SystemsRepetitive Author:Tony Benn
“Entrepreneurship is the cornerstone to African development and the key to local value creation in Africa. I am determined to ensure that Africa's next generation of entrepreneurs have the platform they need to turn their entrepreneurial aspirations into sustainable businesses that will drive economic growth and job creation across Africa.” NeedsJobsValuesTurnsNextGrowthGenerationsEconomicCreationKeysDevelopmentEntrepreneurDeterminedLocalsEntrepreneurshipAspirationPlatformsNext GenerationEconomic GrowthEntrepreneurialCornerstonesJob CreationI Am Determined Author:Tony Elumelu
“The achievements of past struggles and the aspirations of an entire nation are [being] undone and erased.... No Agent Orange or steel pellet bombs, no napalm, no toxic chemicals: a new phase of economic and social (rather than' physical) destruction has unfolded. The seemingly neutral and scientific tools of macro-economic policy constitute a non-violent instrument of recolonization and impoverishment.” PastNationsSocialStruggleEconomicPolicyAchievementToolsDestructionInstrumentsViolentAgentsAspirationBombsChemicalsToxicPhasesSteelOrangeUndoneEconomic PolicyNon ViolentMacroNapalmToxic ChemicalsAgent Orange Author:Michel Chossudovsky
“But I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to satisfy the aspirations of the people unless they conform with the traditions of our race, deeply grooved in their sentiments through a century and a half of struggle for ideals of life that are rooted in religion and fed from purely spiritual springs.” PeopleSpiritualSocialRaceHalfStruggleEconomicCenturySpringSolutionsIdealsTraditionAspirationFedsSentimentsRootedConform Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
“About 800 million people in India are below the age of 35 years. Their aspirations, energy, enterprise and skills will be the force for India's economic transformation.” PeopleYearsAgeEnergyForceMillionsEconomicYouthSkillsIndiaTransformationAspirationEnterprise Author:Narendra Modi
“It is impossible to manage the health care requirements of tens of millions of American citizens at the federal level. It is impossible to manage all of the permutations of people's economic aspirations and lives through a complex tax code. It is impossible to try to second-guess the market. It is impossible, from a managerial standpoint, for the federal government to do the things it is trying to do today.” PeopleTryingGovernmentCareTodayLevelsMillionsImpossibleEconomicCitizensTaxesComplexesManageHealth CareCodeAspirationRequirementsFederal GovernmentStandpointAmerican Citizens Author:Frederick W. Smith
“Essentially I see the new atheism as largely part of the crisis of the left. Having failed to carry through its agenda in relation to political and economic life it's rounding on religion, ignoring the fact that, in some key respects, many believers are likely to share leftist aspirations.” FactsPoliticalLeftShareAtheismEconomicKeysRelationCrisisBelieverAspirationAgendasLeftists Author:George Pattison