#state

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#criminal #revolutionary #statesman #successful #unsuccessful

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#egos #elites #masses #really #state

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#bracket #called #decade #imagine #into

See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#come #contrary #despite #even #fallacy

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#bum #got #into #money #states

Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of other factors intervene. However, one thing the numbers can show is that right-to-work laws have a negative effect on the wages of workers in that state. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#economist #effect #factors #growth #however

From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#been #chance #deeply #did #expected

In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#arena #driver #governor #i #immigrants

Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#approach #capacity #challenge #engaging #error

The wise decision by President Obama to grant some undocumented immigrants the right to remain in the United States for two years without the threat of deportation is already benefitting the country. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#country #decision #deportation #grant #immigrants