prosperity Quotes

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.

If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.

By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or richer.

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

Globalization has made copper and other minerals more valuable, and Ghana and Kenya have recently discovered mineral resources.

Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused funds from your bank account, for example, and transferred them to some potentially useful purpose like helping a family buy a home or send a kid to college.