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“I waited far too long, being optimistic rather than realistic. I also failed to do my homework”

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Author:Gordon Clark

“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the long run economic morality pays.”

Knows Long Self Running Political Interest Pay Known Moral Economic Morality Economics Prosperity Conviction Collapse Long Runs Self Interest Builder Practicality

Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of liberal free market principles of economics, democratic principles of politics, and a peaceful international system over other visions that other nations and peoples may have. It will last only as long as those who favor it retain the capacity to defend it.”

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Author:Robert Kagan

“It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Long Economics Foolish Astonishing

Book:General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money

Source: General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money

“The real wealth of a nation is its people. And the purpose of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy, and creative lives. This simple but powerful truth is too often forgotten in the pursuit of material and financial wealth.”

“Over the long term, absent of other barriers, economics always win.”

Long Winning Term Economics Long Term Barriers Absent

Author:Andy Bechtolsheim

“All around us, aspects of the modern world - diet, exercise, medicine, art, work, family, philosophy, economics, ecology, psychology - have begun a long circle back toward their former coherence. Whether they can arrive before the natural world is damaged beyond repair and madness destroys humanity, we cannot tell.”

Source: Coming Home to the Pleistocene

“We believe that economics does not necessarily have to be a zero-sum game; it can be a win-win proposition for everyone involved so long as they have the tools in which to succeed.”

Believe Long Doe Success Games Winning Involved Succeed Economics Tools Zero Propositions Win Win Zero Sum Game

Author:Ron Kind