I have pulled together just some of my favorite quotes on Money, Government, and the Economy. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do. If you have others, please feel free to share in the comments section.

Many of these are from the writer, Ayn Rand whom coming from Communist Russia, had the clarity of one that does not take something for granted.

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, subsidize it. — Ronald Reagan (1986)

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. — Voltaire (1764)

I 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. — Winston Churchill

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson

In a truly free capitalistic society, inefficiency usually gets solved by someone making a profit for solving it! –Andrew Anderson

“Let me define the difference between economic power and political power: economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman’s tool is values; the bureaucrat’s tool is fear.” — Ayn Rand

“If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose… the fact that they were the people who created the phrase “to make money.” No other language or nation had ever used these words before… Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created.” Ayn Rand

Capitalism is the only system that functions in a way which rewards rationality and penalizes all forms of irrationality….It is capitalism that gave mankind its first steps toward freedom and a rational way of life. It is capitalism that broke through national and racial barriers, by means of free trade. It is capitalism that abolished serfdom and slavery in all the civilized countries of the world.”
Ayn Rand

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free. — P.J. O’Rourke

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

Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.
Ayn Rand

“America’s abundance was not created
by public sacrifices to ‘the common
good’ but by the productive genius of
free men who pursued their own
personal interests and the making of
their own private fortunes.” - Ayn Rand

“The politicians say “we” can’t afford a tax cut. Maybe we can’t afford the politicians.” - Steve Forbes

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