“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“Shower on him every blessing, drown him in a sea of happiness, give him economic prosperity such that he should have nothing else to do but sleep, eat cakes, and busy himself with the continuation of the species, and even then, out of sheer ingratitude, sheer spite, man would play you some nasty trick.” MenGivingShouldPlaySleepSeaEconomicBlessingShould HaveSpeciesBusyProsperityTricksSpiteCakeSheerNastyShowersDishonestyContinuationIngratitudeEconomic Prosperity Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“In the current situation, particular attention should be given to the quality of financial and economic management. The Government and the Central Bank should have a strategic action plan” ShouldGovernmentActionGivenAttentionQualitySituationPlansEconomicParticularShould HaveManagementFinancialCurrentsStrategicCentral BanksCurrent Situation Author:Tatyana Golikova
“Had it not been for the race problem early thrust upon me and enveloping me, I should have probably been an unquestioning worshipper at the shrine of the established social order and of the economic development into which I was born.” ShouldProblemOrderSocialBornRaceEconomicDevelopmentShould HaveThrustEconomic DevelopmentSocial OrderShrinesWorshippers Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“If increased government spending with borrowed or newly created money is a 'stimulus,' then the Weimar Republic should have been stimulated to unprecedented prosperity, instead of runaway inflation and widespread economic desperation that ultimately brought Adolf Hitler to power.” IfsShouldHas BeensGovernmentEconomicShould HaveProsperitySpendingRepublicDesperationInflationStimulusShould Have BeenBorrowedUnprecedentedRunawayGovernment Spending Author:Thomas Sowell
“I've laid out my economic plans. I want to grow the economy. That's why I have plans for jobs and raising incomes. I do want to go after bad actors on and off Wall Street, because I think companies that take money from federal, state, and local governments and then pick up and move should have to pay that back.” ThinkingWantShouldStatesGovernmentJobsMovingActorsGrowsPayCompanyEconomyPlansEconomicStreetsWallPicksShould HaveIncomeLocalsAnd OffLocal Government Author:Hillary Clinton