“There's always this problem in society where people know they need these places for social peace, but the fundamentalists want to shut them down. Sometimes that's for economic reasons, because they want to build a supermarket there. The imam will hold a prayer and say let's get rid of the girls, but on the other hand they're all going there.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsSometimesReasonProblemHandsGirlSocialPrayerEconomicSupermarketsProblems In Society Author:Michael Glawogger
“We must fight inequality and poverty if we want to re-establish peace and security. Seven million Mexicans live in extreme poverty, which is why I have launched a crusade against hunger. We also have to improve our educational system and stimulate economic growth.” IfsWantFightingGrowthPovertyMillionsEconomicSecuritySevenHungerEducationalExtremesInequalityEconomic GrowthCrusadesEducational SystemExtreme PovertyPeace And Security Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“German businesspeople have invested a great deal in our country, and trade is flourishing. We want to speed up economic cooperation. Your country is a large, important provider of aid, and it has done a great deal to reduce the poverty of many Vietnamese.” WantImportantCountryDoneDealsPovertyEconomicTradeSpeedAidsOur CountryCooperationFlourishingProvidersVietnameseEconomic Cooperation Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“It's too low, and if Europe wants to be a force in the world it needs to be more than a moral and political and economic force, which Europe is because it shares many of our values and demonstrates them around the world. But it has to have the military power that goes with that as well.” IfsWorldWantNeedsWellsPoliticalValuesForceMoralShareEconomicMilitaryLowsEuropeAround The WorldMilitary Power Author:Ashton Carter
“I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It's time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.” PeopleThinkingWantCountryWould BeChangeLevelsVisionClearEconomicBeing TrueCandidatesProgressiveEconomic Change Author:Bill de Blasio
“I want to use my position of influence to change the laws of the land to the benefit of the women of Trinidad and Tobago, divide the economic pie more evenly and appoint more women to positions within the government.” WantUseGovernmentLawInfluenceEconomicLandPositionBenefitsDividesPieTrinidad Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“If I can make an economic deal with Amazon that works for them and works for me, OK - I'll make it available. But I don't want to be part of restrictions that make life difficult for my guests.” IfsWantI CanDifficultDealsEconomicAvailableGuestsRestrictionAmazon Author:Gerry Lopez
“Corporations don't create jobs, customers do. So when all the economic gains go to the top, as they're doing now, the vast majority of Americans don't have enough purchasing power to buy the things corporations want to sell - which means businesses stop creating enough jobs.” WantMeanEnoughJobsEconomicCreatingGainsMajoritySellsCustomersCorporationsPurchasingPurchasing Power Author:Robert Reich
“The Economic Problem...the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.” WantProblemNationsClassPovertyStruggleEconomicUnnecessaryTransitoryMuddleEconomic Problems Author:John Maynard Keynes
“The core of America is not racist. It is not hostile to women. It is increasingly offended by gay bashing. Yet it abhors government waste. It believes strongly in fiscal responsibility such as balanced budgets. It is pro-economic growth. It is concerned about the environment. It is intolerant of people on welfare who disdain the notion of work. But it wants poor kids to have school lunches and it wants to spend money to have good schools. In sum, most Americans are sensible, good-hearted, and prudent. The issue, then, is whether there is a political party that can welcome them home.” PeopleWantBelieveHomeGovernmentKidsSchoolAmericaPoliticalGrowthPoorPartyResponsibilityIssuesEnvironmentEconomicGayWasteConcernedNotionCoreWelcomeBudgetsWelfareRacistLunchSensibleBalancedHostilePolitical PartiesOffendedHeartedEconomic GrowthPrudentDisdainGood SchoolGood HeartedBalanced BudgetFiscal ResponsibilitySchool LunchGovernment Waste Author:Paul Tsongas
“Once people get a taste for whatever you want to call it - economic independence, a better lifestyle, and a better life for their children - they grab on to that and don't want to give it up.” PeopleWantGivingChildrenEconomicTasteIndependenceLifestyleBetter LifeEconomic Independence Author:Thomas Friedman
“Usually based on an economic agenda, white working-class voters don't buy into this whole biology-chemistry-abortion-gender agenda as much as they want more take-home pay. They want affordability.” WantWholeHomeWhitePayClassEconomicGenderAbortionAgendasBiologyVotersChemistryWorking ClassAffordability Author:Kellyanne Conway
“There's only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He's half African-American. Whether that will make any difference, I don't know. I haven't heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What's keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn't want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We'll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards.” IfsKnowsWantDifferentPlayNextStrongDifferencesWhiteHalfOne ThingHeardEconomicHavensMonthsDemocraticBarackAfrican AmericanPresidentialCandidatesExploitationLoanGhettoLendingPresidential CandidatePredatoryPaydayAsbestos Author:Ralph Nader
“The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party opposes it, it's 'politics' - as in headlines like this: 'Obama Urges GOP To Keep Politics To A Minimum On Stimulus.' These are serious times: As the president says, it's the worst economic crisis since the Thirties. So politicians need to put politics behind them and immediately lavish $4.19 billion on his community-organizing pals at the highly inventive 'voter registration' group ACORN for 'neighborhood stabilization activities.” IfsWantNeedsPresidentCommunitySimplePartyBehindsGroupsEconomicWorstSeriousPoliticianRepublicanActivityCrisisDemocraticBillionsErasPostsNeighborhoodUrgesVotersMinimumRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyStimulusHeadlinesPartisansGopPalsEconomic CrisisAcornsRegistrationCommunity OrganizingVoter Registration Author:Mark Steyn
“What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?” WantMeanDoeJusticeEconomicProduceReturnWant SomethingEconomic Justice Author:Thomas Sowell
“My belief in free competitive economic enterprise does not rest solely or even mainly on arguments of economic efficiency, though, heaven knows, these are cogent enough. It rests essentially on the view that the free market is the only safe way of ensuring that productive effort is directed towards supplying what individuals actually want, and in a way which secures the dignity and independence of the worker.” KnowsWayWantDoeEnoughIndividualBeliefHeavenViewsEffortEconomicSafeArgumentDignityIndependenceWorkersEnterpriseProductiveEfficiencyFree MarketEconomic Efficiency Author:Margaret Thatcher
“I'm a big believer in getting money from where the money is, and the money is in Washington. I learned from running the Olympics that you can get money there to help build economic opportunities. We actually got over $410 million from the federal government; that is a huge increase over anything ever done before. We did that by going after every agency of government. That kind of creativity I want to bring to everything we do (in Massachusetts).” WantKindDoneHelpingBigsGovernmentRunningOpportunityCreativityMillionsEconomicHugeIncreaseBelieverAgencyOlympicsFederal GovernmentGet MoneyMassachusetts Author:Mitt Romney
“The struggle to create a nation and world of economic and social justice and environmental sanity is not an easy one. The struggle to try and create a more peaceful world will be extremely difficult. But this I know: despair is not an option if we care about our kids and grandchildren. Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.” IfsKnowsWorldWantGivingTryingCareKidsNationsSocialEasyDifficultJusticeStruggleEconomicPlanetsDespairGiving UpSocial JusticeEnvironmentalHarmPeacefulSanityGrandchildrenOur PlanetGiving Up Is Not An OptionPeaceful WorldEconomic JusticeIrreparableIrreparable Harm Author:Bernie Sanders
“Someone will always want to mobilize Death on a massive scale for economic Domination or revenge. And the task, taken As a task, appeals to the imagination. The military is an engineering profession.” WantImaginationTakenEconomicMilitaryTasksRevengeProfessionScalesAppealsMassiveEngineeringDomination Book:Time and materials: poems, 1997-2005 Source: Time and materials: poems, 1997-2005
“We need to address the economic issues around the kitchen table, and if people want a more high-minded politics and want to move our country forward, go on to martinomalley.com and help my campaign move our country moves.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsCountryHelpingMovingIssuesEconomicGoes OnTablesCampaignsOur CountryKitchenAddressesKitchen TableEconomic Issues Author:Hillary Clinton
“A level of anxiety and tension and outright fear that so many people have felt, not only during the recession but during this slow economic recovery since. This made me very much want to up the conversation about how miracle-minded thinking applies to that area of life.” PeopleThinkingWantMadeFeltLevelsEconomicConversationAnxietyAreasMiracleRecoveryTensionRecessionsEconomic Recovery Author:Marianne Williamson
“I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that of Zimbabwe. We can't necessarily trust the decisions that are being made financially in other countries.” WantMadeCountryStatesDecisionUnitedUnited StatesEconomyEconomicBoundsOther CountriesGlobal EconomyZimbabwe Author:Michele Bachmann
“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
“Saying I want to pay women a fair wage is doing something and saying young black people deserve not to be called super predators but to be engaged from an economic standpoint that gives them an equal opportunity says doing something.I`m tired of talking.” PeopleWantGivingYoungOpportunityBlackPayTalkingEconomicEqualDeserveFairsTiredEngagedBlack PeopleStandpointI'm TiredPredatorEqual Opportunity Author:Killer Mike
“When someone comes to me seeking help I want to learn everything I can about them. I'm interested in their physical, emotional, interpersonal, social, sexual, economic, and spiritual aspects of their well-being. I want to know about their hopes and dreams as well as their stresses, fears, and challenges.” KnowsWantWellsI CanHelpingDreamSpiritualSocialChallengesEconomicEmotionalAspectStressSeekingWell BeingHopes And DreamsInterpersonalSeeking Help Author:Jed Diamond
“You don't need a hand-out, you need a hand-up! And that's what we need to portray: 'Look, do you want to live in mediocrity? Because that's all that the entitlements are going to do for you. Keep you living in the lowest socio-economic scale.” WantNeedsLooksHandsEconomicScalesMediocrityLowestEntitlementHands Up Author:Rafael Cruz
“This is a very practical discussion about the fact that one of the largest coal companies in the world, Adani, wants to build one of the, develop one of the largest coal mines in Australia in this region of Australia. And if they get the green light to do that, that will secure the economic future of people in Rockhampton, and people in central Queensland. It will secure their jobs in the future, and that's what they're concerned about.” PeopleIfsWorldWantFactsLightJobsCompanyEconomicMinesConcernedGreenPracticalsSecureDiscussionAustraliaRegionsCoalQueenslandGreen Lights Author:George Brandis
“When you look at police violence, over the last three or four years, whether you call it a social, economic or racial thing, these are the guys that we're supposed to trust. These are the guys who are given these guns and weapons to protect us. Not to use them upon us, but to protect us, and they can't even get it right. So, if they can't get it right, how can you fault a society for fearing them, and fearing them in a way that makes them want to take up arms and fight back.” IfsWayWantYearsLooksUseLastsGuyFightingThreeGivenSocialFourViolenceEconomicArmsProtectWeaponsGunPoliceFaultsFour YearsPolice Violence Author:Edwin Hodge
“The common people don't believe this kind of religion [of islamic fundamentalists] because first and foremost they want to solve their basic problems, including human rights and economic.” PeopleWantFirstsBelieveHumansKindProblemCommonRightsEconomicDon't BelieveIncludingHuman RightsSolveIslamic Author:Abdul Sattar Edhi
“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
“Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.” PeopleWantCitiesAirEconomicGainsAdvantageCleanClean Air Author:Michael Bloomberg
“I think it's important for people to say look, what does each party and each candidate have to offer for you. If you want a better future that is going to be reliant on making smart economic policies, compare my husband's eight years with Ronald Reagan's eight years. 23 million new jobs, more than seven million people lifted out of poverty.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsLooksDoeImportantJobsPartyPovertyMillionsEconomicPolicyOffersHusbandSmartSevenEightCompareCandidatesMy HusbandBetter FutureNew JobEconomic Policy Author:Hillary Clinton
“Poland does not want to remain a net recipient of EU subsidies forever. On the contrary: we want the right to develop in a fair market, and by this right, we want to one day catch up with Germany in terms of welfare and economic power. This will not take 100 years! And then many Poles who emigrated will be able to return home.” WantYearsDoeHomeAbleTermForeverEconomicReturnOne DayFairsContraryWelfareGermanyPolandSubsidiesEconomic Power Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski