“Over a wide field of our economy it is still the better course to rely on the nineteenth century's "hidden hand" than to thrust clumsy bureaucratic fingers into its sensitive mechanism. In particular, we cannot afford to damage its mainspring, freedom of competitive enterprise.” StillsHandsCoursesEconomyCenturyFieldsParticularFingersWideSensitiveRelyDamageEnterpriseMechanismThrustNineteenth CenturyClumsy Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on the strength of its own commercial judgment. If we cannot rely on the judgment of individual businessmen, taking their own risks, we have no future anyway.” IfsShouldGovernmentCoursesIndividualEconomyRiskJudgmentAgreeRelyInterfereBusinessman Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“The wage earner relies upon the ventures of confident and contented capital. This failing him, his condition is without alleviation, for he can neither prey on the misfortune of others nor hoard his labor.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyFailingConditionsLaborRelyLiberalismMisfortunesVenturePreyRely UponMisfortunes Of Others Book:Special message, August 8th, 1893. Extract from third annual message, December 2nd, 1895 Source: Special message, August 8th, 1893. Extract from third annual message, December 2nd, 1895
“We are free today substantially, but the day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility. It will be an impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few. A Republic cannot stand upon bayonets, and when the day comes when the wealth of the nation will be in the hands of a few, then we must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements in the country to readjust the laws of the nations to the changed conditions.” CountryWisdomHandsTodayLawPoliticsNationsWealthEconomyConditionsChangedElementsRelyLiberalismRepublicImpossibilityRely UponBayonetsConcentration Of Wealth Author:James Madison
“It only takes around 60 seconds to cast your vote in the polling station. 60 seconds to protect the economy, 60 seconds to protect your jobs, 60 seconds to protect the services your family relies on. A lot is at stake during those 60 seconds.” JobsEconomyProtectVoteCastsOur FamilyRelyStationsSecondsStakesPolling Author:Ross Kemp
“The internet has to be protected from intrusive monitoring or else the medium upon which we all rely for the basis of our economy and our normal life, we'll lose that, and it's going to have broad effects as a consequence that we cannot predict.” LosesEconomyEffectsInternetNormalConsequenceBasesMediumsRelyBroadsProtectedNormal LifeMonitoring Author:Edward Snowden
“Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels.” DoeEnergyEconomyPlanetsCleanClimateClimate ChangeRelyFuelTransitionFossilsOur PlanetFossil FuelClean Energy Author:Leonardo DiCaprio