“Countries that censor news and information must recognize that from an economic standpoint, there is no distinction between censoring political speech and commercial speech. If businesses in your nations are denied access to either type of information, it will inevitably impact on growth.” IfsCountryPoliticalNationsGrowthEconomicInformationTypeSpeechNewsImpactAccessDistinctionDeniedFreedom Of SpeechStandpointCensoringPolitical Speeches Author:Hillary Clinton
“It's not about contraception. It's about economic liberty, it's about freedom of speech, it's about freedom of religion, it's about government control of your lives and it's got to stop!” GovernmentLibertyEconomicSpeechFreedom Of SpeechFreedom Of ReligionContraceptionControl Of Your Life Author:Rick Santorum
“When Hillary Clinton talks about adding more restrictions and complexity to our financial system, as she did in her economic policy speech, it shows how clueless she is about how the economy actually works.” ShowsEconomyEconomicPolicySpeechClintonFinancialComplexityRestrictionEconomic PolicyCluelessFinancial System Author:Carly Fiorina
“Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons, and the government had a role in ensuring that Internet freedom was protected.” ReasonGovernmentRolesEconomyEconomicInternetSpeechEssentialsPreservesOpennessProtectedFree SpeechNeutralityNet NeutralityInternet Freedom Author:Julius Genachowski
“Without the heroic, man has no meaning; without the economic, he has no sense. Economic man is most likely to be economic woman - a good wife, pulling the coat tails of her heroic husband, checking his extravagances of speech and action with words of caution and good sense. But without the heroic coat tails to pull, life for both of them would be dull and savorless indeed.” MenWould BeActionWifeEconomicHusbandSpeechDullHeroicPullingTailsCoatsCautionGood SenseExtravaganceGood Wife Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“Rising prices or wages do not cause inflation; they only report it. They represent an essential form of economic speech, sincemoney isjust another form of information.” FormCausesEconomicInformationSpeechEssentialsRisingReportsWagesInflationRising Prices Author:Walter Wriston
“The social or economic structure of the ideal state is of little concern to me. My desires are modest. Portraits of the head of the government should not exceed a postage stamp in size. No torture and no executions. No music, except coming through earphones, or played in theaters. Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of art.” ShouldLittlesArtStatesGovernmentDesireSocialEconomicSpeechConcernIdealsTheaterStructureSizeTortureExecutionFreedom Of SpeechModestPortraitsStampsExceedFreedom Of ThoughtPostagePostage Stamps Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“For the individual, as I can testify, a brief grounding in semantics, besides making philosophy unreadable, makes unreadable most political speeches, classical economic theory, after-dinner oratory, diplomatic notes, newspaper editorials, treatises on pedagogics and education, expert financial comment, dissertations on money and credit, accounts of debates, and Great Thoughts from Great Thinkers in general. You would be surprised at the amount of time this saves.” I CanPhilosophyWould BePoliticalIndividualEconomicTheoryAmountSpeechAccountsNotesFinancialCreditDinnerDebateNewspapersExpertsCommentThinkerDiplomaticEditorialsOratoryGroundingSemanticsEconomic TheoryGreat ThinkersDissertationPolitical Speeches Book:Tyranny of Words Source: Tyranny of Words
“The androcentric, patriarchal cultures, whatever you want to call it, are quite new. So, every economic statement should start with reproduction, not production. Every statement for human rights ought to include reproduction as a basic human right, like freedom of speech.” WantShouldHumansCultureRightsEconomicOughtSpeechHuman RightsProductionsStatementsFreedom Of SpeechReproduction Author:Gloria Steinem
“Fox News may be demolishing its more liberal cable news rivals in the ratings but to Democrats it's still the bogeyman. That's why President Obama took the opportunity to criticize the network during a speech defending his economic record at Northwestern University today. But in doing so, the president not only demonstrated the weakness of his position but also why he doesn't understand Fox's appeal.” MayStillsTodayOpportunityPresidentRecordsEconomicPositionSpeechNewsWeaknessDemocratUniversityAppealsCriticizePresident ObamaFoxesRivalsCablesNotableRatingFox NewsCable NewsNorthwesternNorthwestern University Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“I liked Donald's Trump speech on foreign policy. What he's showing is that his fundamental views are solid, and that there's an intellectual basis for this, an economic basis for what he's saying, and that can lead him to victory.” ViewsEconomicPolicyTrumpVictorySpeechIntellectualBasesFundamentalsForeign Policy Author:Jeff Sessions
“What was really interesting in his speech, which, by the way, had (inaudible) footnotes - the written version of it - which might be a personal record for Donald Trump - the source of a lot of his numbers on the free trade section of the speech came from an organization called the Economic Policy Institute, which was a think tank or is a think tank that was founded by labor unions to promote the labor unions' point of view on free trade agreements.” ThinkingWayMightInterestingViewsNumbersRecordsWrittenEconomicPolicySourceTrumpSpeechLaborOrganizationTradeUnionsPoint Of ViewVersionsAgreementSectionsTanksReally InterestingInstituteFree TradeEconomic PolicyLabor UnionFootnotesTrade Agreements Author:Avik Roy