“I still believe that, in the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is likely to do less harm than the centralized decisions of a Government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster. As I said earlier in this debate, our economic medicine may be painful but it is fast and powerful because it can act freely.” IfsBelieveMayLongSaidStillsGovernmentRunningIndividualDecisionPowerfulEconomyEconomicExerciseJudgmentMedicinePainfulHarmDebateFasterLong RunsMistakenBusinessmanI Still BelieveFree Economy Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that's malnutrition, too.” IfsPersonsRunningRomanceI RealizedBusinessmanBellyAirportsStarvingMalnutritionEthiopia Author:Dick Gregory
“I'm not the businessman. I don't deal with the business at all. Not anymore. Occasionally, every four years or five years, they tell me I've run out of money, I have to go and make some more.” YearsRunningDealsFiveFourFive YearsFour YearsBusinessman Author:Mick Jagger