#ono

An economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#growth #economics

he who will not economize will have to agonize ↗

— Confucius

#ignorance #knowledge #suffering #wisdom #economics

Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. And the time has now arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and to help them get that protection. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#politics #economics

Problems worthy of attacks, prove their worth by hitting back ↗

— Adam Smith

#economics

See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That's literally true. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#economics

I have read more about Oprah Winfrey’s ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear this is no exaggeration. Perhaps China is rising as an economic superpower because its women aren’t spending all their time reading about Oprah Winfrey’s ass. ↗

— Caitlin Moran

#focus #oprah-winfrey #economics

And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#faith #god #honor #independence #loyalty

There’s more to being a warrior than killing. A true warrior — the best warrior — isn’t cruel or mean. He doesn’t claw an enemy who can’t fight back. Where’s the honor in that? ↗

— Erin Hunter

#mercy #nobility #warrior #warrior-cats #nobility

All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#economics

A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#freedom #libertarianism #liberty #freedom