We hear much of special interest groups. Our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and our factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we are sick – professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers. They are, in short, ‘We the people,’ this breed called Americans. Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address, Jan 20, 1981
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Everyone craves freedom and prosperity. A growing body of evidence shows that, …
Everyone craves freedom and prosperity. A growing body of evidence shows that, for nations, the two are linked. The most prosperous nations are the most free, a number of recent studies show.
Investors Business Daily, August 26, 1997
Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by …
Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions. James Fenimore Cooper
American Author (1789-1851)
The wealth of a nation is created by private enterprise, not by …
The wealth of a nation is created by private enterprise, not by government. Government must not put on too many regulations, lest it crush creativity. Never let regulation become too heavy or taxation too high. Don’t let the government take the lion’s share of the nation’s wealth. Lady Thatcher
1994
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint’â then …
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint’â then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van Gogh
There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not …
There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around. Ronald Reagan
Newsweek, February 6, 1984, on the Democratic New Hampshire primary
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[S]uffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human. J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, June 2003, p 824
When a firm’s rivals complain about a deal being anti-competitive, …
When a firm’s rivals complain about a deal being ‘anti-competitive,’ obviously they mean the opposite, that it would produce benefits for customers that they’d have to respond to. Wall Street Journal
June 15, 2001
For any individual, there are two ways to become wealthier. One is …
For any individual, there are two ways to become wealthier. One is to do something productive. The other is to redistribute existing resources in one’s own favor. If we all work, we create wealth, and society is better off. But if we all do nothing except try to get our hands into our neighbors’ pockets, we will all be very busy, yet we will all eventually starve.
Reason, May 1994
Of all the systems of political economy which have shaped our history, …
Of all the systems of political economy which have shaped our history, none has so revolutionized ordinary expectations of human life — lengthened the life span, made the elimination of poverty and famine thinkable, enlarged the range of human choice — as democratic capitalism. . . Michael Novak