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484 Economist Quotes

Our scribblings are usually not lyrics but whirrings, without colour or resonance, like the tone of an engine-wheel. I believe that the cause lies in the fact that when people write, they forget for the most part to dig deeply into themselves and to feel the whole import and truth of what they are writing.

Believe Cause Colour Deeply
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The very action of the proletariat is a determining factor in history. And although we can no more jump over the stages of historical development than a man can jump over his shadow, nevertheless, we can accelerate or retard that development.

Accelerate Action Although Determining
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The existing legal constitution is nothing but the product of a revolution. Revolution is the act of political creation in the history of classes, while constitutional legislation is the expression of the continual political vegetation of a society.

Act Classes Constitution Constitutional
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Work for legal reform takes place only within the framework of the social form created by the last revolution.

Created Form Framework Last
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Democracy is indispensable, not because it renders superfluous the conquest of political power by the proletariat, but, on the contrary, because it makes this seizure of power both necessary and possible.

Because Both Conquest Contrary
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In the Imperialist Era, the foreign loan played an outstanding part as a means for young capitalist countries to acquire independence.
Acquire Capitalist Countries Era
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.

Encompassing Corrup Organizations Flounder
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I'm an economist, not a political scientist.
Economist Political Scientist
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The fact of the matter is that instead of going around the world and haranguing countries for engaging with China, the West should be encouraging its own businesses to trade and invest in these regions.

Engaging World Trade Regions
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.

Distressing Aid Leaders Taxation
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I have received unparalleled professional exposure and it's the combination of these experience,that prepared me for what i am building today.

Have received Professional exposure Building today
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Remember,you're special,you have a unique ability to remain steadfast,in light of challenge,so don't ever get frazzled or easily dissuaded,trust yourself and believe in your vision.

You're special Unique ability Remain steadfast Challenge
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And yet I would not freely exchange my science for those of my fellow laureates. They are forever confined in their professional discussions to the small numbers of their fellow scientists.

Freely exchange My science Fellow laureates
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The main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specialization

Main insight Learned Interdisciplinary studies
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Theories are not rejected by circumstantial evidence: it takes a theory to beat a theory.

Theories Not rejected Circumstantial evidence
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it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it.

Distressing One can The answer given Economic question
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I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.

Never expect Perfect work Imperfect man
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A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Well adjusted Person Makes Same mistakes
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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.

Who stand For nothing Fall Everything
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Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

Give Power Many Oppress
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Peace War Be left Our option
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To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.

General purpose One people Individual citizen
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Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

Vigor Government Essential Security
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For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

In politics In religion Equally Making proselytes
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If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.

Must have An enemy Government Can oppose
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A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

National debt Not excessive National blessing
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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Have thought My duty Exhibit things They ought
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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.

Experience The oracle Truth Responses
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But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities.

Inventions Have increased Man's power Nature
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In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.

Age poet Social reformers Stimulate Own time
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Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time.

Material goods All right To hold Derive benefits
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And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.

Influence exerted Person's character His income Is earned
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The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place; and with every such change the purchasing power of money changes so far as that thing goes.

Price Thing Time Power
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The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings

Valuable Capital Invested Human being
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Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

Capital Wealth Devoted
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Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

Civilized Country Gold Silver
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Consumption may be regarded as negative production.

Consumption.Negative Production
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The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished, derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the nineteenth century.

Hope Poverty Ignorance Progress
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All labour is directed towards producing some effect.

Labour Towards Producing Effect
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Thanks for putting a glittering shine on Africa for the world to see that free and fair elections are possible on our beloved continent.

Thanks For putting Glittering shine The world
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God created mothers because he can’t be everywhere. And God created fathers so as to support mothers to guide a child into adulthood. Much love to all fathers in this beautiful world.

God created Mothers Everywhere Fathers
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I would like to thank all the healthcare workers around the globe who are putting their lives at risk to test/care for those infected with the corronavirus.

Thank all Healthcare workers The globe Their lives
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Women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights. Let’s close now all forms of inequality gaps between men and women.

Women's rights Human rights Close now Inequality gaps
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Gender equality is smart economics.

Gender equality Smart economics
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Don’t react only to others story about you but tell your own story of your good deeds!

Don't react Others story Tell Good deeds
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Let your love impact on those your heart touches

Your love Impact Heart touches
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Given that Nigeria’s economy is about 70-75% of the economy of W/Africa, ECOWAS should just adopt the Naira and change the name to ECO. Convertibility of Naira and deeper intra-ECOWAS Trade will achieve the same.

Economy Just adopt Change Convertibility
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We have to do the hard work of industrialization. We should use our endowment of labor to embark on export led growth.

We have Hard work Industrialization Our endowment
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Classical economics reigns supreme. The idea that Africa will develop through “state capitalism” or “developmental state” will not cut it.

Classical economics Reigns supreme The idea Develop through
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Trade must be at the heart of Ghana’s development agenda!

Trade The heart Development agenda
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