“A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.” PeopleMenYearsHumansStatesHuman BeingsUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesVoteIncreaseMurderAssumingBurdenDebt Book:The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan
“The policies that the United States has chosen unfortunately have brought about the wrong sentiment toward the United States and has only increased, and will only increase, extremism in our region.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesPolicyIncreaseChosenRegionsSentimentsExtremism Author:Mohammad Khatami
“If you increase living standards, you make labor more productive. This is why Asia today is becoming more productive than the United States.” IfsStatesTodayUnitedUnited StatesBecomingStandardsLaborIncreaseProductiveAsiaBecoming More Author:Michael Hudson
“It has been estimated that even in the absence of net investment, the mere substitution of modern machinery for worn-out equipment in the United States would cause an annual productivity increase of approximately 1.5 percent.” Has BeensStatesCausesUnitedUnited StatesModernPercentIncreaseMereInvestmentAbsenceProductivityWornEquipmentMachineryAnnualsWorn OutSubstitution Book:Political Econ of Growth Source: Political Econ of Growth
“The presence of the blacks is the greatest evil that threatens the United States. They increase, in the Gulf States, faster than do the whites. They cannot be kept for ever in slavery, since the tendencies of the modern world run strongly the other way. They cannot be absorbed into the white population, for the whites will not intermarry with them, not even in the North where they have been free for two generations. Once freed, they would be more dangerous than now, because they would not long submit to be debarred from political rights. A terrible struggle would ensue.” WorldWayLongHas BeensTwoStatesWould BeRunningPoliticalEvilWhiteUnitedUnited StatesStruggleRightsGenerationsModernDangerousTerribleIncreaseSlaveryPopulationTendenciesFasterSubmitModern WorldPolitical Rights Author:James Bryce
“The most fearful phenomenon of these midcentury years is not the atom bomb; atomic energy does have its constructive possibilities.... The most fearful event of these times is the colossal expansion of the government of the United States and the constant increase of executive power within the government.” YearsDoeStatesGovernmentAmericaEnergyUnitedUnited StatesEventsPossibilityIncreaseConstantBombsExecutivesPhenomenonAtomsFearfulExpansionConstructiveColossalAtom BombAtomic EnergyExecutive Power Author:Wheeler McMillen
“In the United States, liberals have made it virtually impossible [to increase the supply of oil] by banning drilling in all sorts of places and preventing any new refinery from being built anywhere in the country in the last 30 years.” YearsMadeCountryStatesLastsUnitedUnited StatesImpossibleBuiltIncreaseOilMade ItPreventingDrillingRefinery Author:Thomas Sowell
“The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I believe that in a democratic, civilized society none of our people should be hungry or living in desperation. We need to expand Social Security, not cut it. We need to increase funding for nutrition programs, not cut them.” PeopleNeedsShouldBelieveCountryStatesI BelieveSocialUnitedPovertyUnited StatesCuttingModernSecurityProgramIncreaseDemocraticHungryOur CountryCivilizedNutritionDesperationSocial SecurityFundingCivilized SocietyModern History Author:Bernie Sanders