“.......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their money and giving it as a reward to people who have failed to escape. Economic leveling doesn't work. Whether we call it Marxism, Progressive Reform, or Clintonomics, the result is the same slide into the stygian pit. Communists worship Satan; socialists think perdition is a good system run by bad men; and liberals want us to go to hell because it's warm there in the winter.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldWantGivingMadeRunningWealthPoorResultsPovertyHellRichEconomicWorshipEconomicsRewardsWinterWarmReformSatanProgressiveCommunistWant UMarxismPitsSlidesGo To HellBad ManPerditionRedistribution Of Wealth Book:All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
“I cannot... perceive any ground for hoping that any practical good would, while the funding system exists in its present extent, result from the adoption of any of those projects, which have professed to have in view what is called Parliamentary Reform... when the funding system, from whatever cause, shall cease to operate upon civil and political liberty, there will be no need of projects for parliamentary reform. The parliament will, as far as shall be necessary, then reform itself.” NeedsPoliticalCausesResultsViewsLibertyProjectsPracticalsCeaseReformPerceiveAdoptionParliamentFundingParliamentary Author:William Cobbett
“Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.” Has BeensCountryAbleFormGrowthInterestResultsCommitmentInvestmentRateStartingReformKoreaPhilippinesInterest RateThailand Author:Lawrence Summers
“As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform.” MayLongPainTermResultsDemocracyEconomicConscienceGainsEuropeDemocraticCommittedPeacefulReformLong TermUrgesPrisonerTransitionShort TermPledgeSanctionsCatalystEthiopiaEconomic Sanctions Author:Eskinder Nega
“One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the South, for a soundcurrency, etc., etc., but I never forgot my party.... I knew that all good measures would suffer if my Administration was followed by the defeat of my party. Result, a great victory in 1880. Executive and legislature both completely Republican.” IfsPoliticalSufferingResultsPartyBuildingVictoryRepublicanSouthDefeatAdministrationReformEtcExecutivesPolitical PartiesPublic LifeLegislatureBuilding UpGreat VictoryCivil Service Author:Rutherford B. Hayes