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    The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

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The dominant rhetoric is academese relieved by flashes of clich‚.

The dominant rhetoric is academese relieved by flashes of clich‚.

by Dwight Macdonald Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.

The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.

by Calvin Coolidge Found in: Economics Quotes,
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I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the read more

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Economics Quotes,
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If read more

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it

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The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and read more

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you read more

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

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Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.

Rhetoric is nothing, but reason well dressed and argument put in order.

by Jan Zamoiski Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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