“Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated pretty clearly that this value cannot compel a civilization-wide shift toward sustainable behavior and enterprise when stacked up against the urgent economic and social needs of 7 billion people, most of whom are struggling to get out of poverty.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsBelieveStillsValuesSocialPovertyStruggleEconomicCenturyMovementCivilizationBehaviorEnvironmentalWideBillionsEnterpriseConservationUrgentIntrinsic Value Author:Edward Norton
“Free enterprise has done more to reduce poverty than all the government programs dreamed up by Democrats.” DoneGovernmentPovertyProgramDemocratEnterpriseFree EnterpriseGovernment Programs Book:Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan Source: Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“Private enterprise is not as spectacular nor as easy to see as the socialist way of temporarily diffusing poverty by eating up the seed corn - the tools - which will increase poverty in the long run.” WayLongRunningEasyPovertyEatingToolsIncreaseSeedsEnterpriseLong RunsSocialistCornSpectacularPrivate Enterprise Author:Raymond C. Hoiles
“Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.” PeopleDoneHelpingGovernmentKidsStrongClassPovertyOur LivesMiddleProgramLiftsEnterpriseMiddle ClassEducateFree Enterprise Author:Mitt Romney
“Every nation on the Earth that embraces market economics and the free enterprise system is pulling millions of its people out of poverty. The free enterprise system creates prosperity, not denies it.” PeopleEarthNationsPovertyMillionsEconomicsEmbraceProsperityDenyEnterprisePullingFree Enterprise Author:Marco Rubio
“I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.” PeopleNeedsAmericaBeliefStrongCommunityDealsPovertyPossibilityRight NowTaxesDespairEconomicsOptimismOvercomingIncrediblesEnthusiasmReformEnterpriseFree EnterpriseTax ReformStrong Community Author:Paul Ryan
“I founded Grameen Bank to provide loans to those considered traditionally unbankable. Grameen Bank works with the poorest and often illiterate, providing uncollateralized micro-loans for tiny business enterprises by which they can lift themselves and their families out of poverty.” PovertyTinyLiftsEnterpriseProvidingLoanPoorestIlliterate Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Socialism needs to pull down wealth; liberalism seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism would destroy private interests, Liberalism would preserve [them] ... by reconciling them with public right. Socialism would kill enterprise; Liberalism would rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege and preference. Socialism assails the preeminence of the individual; Liberalism seeks ... to build up a minimum standard for the mass. Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capitalism; Liberalism attacks monopoly.” MenNeedsIndividualInterestWealthPovertyMassStandardsCapitalismRaisesPrivilegeSocialismPreservesLiberalismEnterpriseRescueMinimumPreferenceMonopolyRaise Up Author:Winston Churchill