“I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyMankindEqualConsciousConsequencePropertyMiseryEnormousInequalityLiberalismDevicesDivisionLegislators Book:The Essential Jefferson Source: The Essential Jefferson
“The ultimate consequences of the individualist spirit in economic life are those which you yourselves, Venerable Brethren and Beloved Children, see and deplore: Free competition has destroyed itself; economic dictatorship has supplanted the free market; unbridled ambition for power has likewise succeeded greed for gain; all economic life has become tragically hard, inexorable, and cruel.” ChildrenHardSpiritPoliticsEconomyEconomicAmbitionConsequenceGainsUltimateCompetitionGreedDestroyedBelovedLiberalismDictatorshipFree MarketBrethrenInexorable Book:On reconstructing the social order: (Quadragesimo anno) Source: On reconstructing the social order: (Quadragesimo anno)
“Nothing disturbs me more than the downward trend of productivity in our nation today. The consequences of a decrease in productivity are a diminished standard of living, higher labor costs, less competitive prices, and more inflation.” WisdomTodayPoliticsNationsEconomyHigherCostStandardsConsequenceLaborProductivityLiberalismTrendsInflationDecreaseStandards Of Living Author:Robert S. Strauss
“In Australia, average temperatures have risen almost one degree since 1910, and each decade since the 1940s has been warmer than the one before. That warming is real. Its consequences are real. And it will change our lives in real and practical ways.” WayHas BeensRealPoliticsOur LivesDegreesConsequenceClimate ChangeAverageDecadesPracticalsAustraliaTemperatureRisen Author:Julia Gillard
“And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the first time -- acknowledging that it has chemical weapons, agreeing to join the convention that prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the Russians -- their primary sponsors -- saying that they will push Syria to get all of their chemical weapons out. The distance that we've traveled over these couple of weeks is remarkable.” FirstsUseLastsPoliticsJusticeViolenceWeekPolicyCoupleWeaponsConsequenceFirst TimePressureStrategyDistanceUnityHuman RightsTerrorismIdeologyPrimariesRemarkableChemicalsConventionsForeign PolicySyriaTraveledDiplomacyCivilitySponsorsChemical Weapons Author:Barack Obama