Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.
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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
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American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.
The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.
The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.
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A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
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In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
