Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive.
Our object in these remarks has been not only to account for the slow progress which has as yet been made by Political Economy, and to suggest means by which its advancement may be accelerated, but also to warn the reader of the nature of the following Treatise.
The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.
We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy.
History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.
For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.
As I tell young people in workshops, 'It's your country. If you came here on the bottom of a slave ship, if your people came here seeking political freedom - however your folks got here - it belongs to you just as much as it belongs to anyone, so claim it. It's your birthright. America belongs to every person who is here.'
Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.
The American political scientist Francis Fukuyama has argued that liberal democracies, with their political freedom and economic success, have three important pillars: a strong government, the rule of law, and democratic accountability. I would add a fourth: free markets.
Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.
I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.
My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States.
For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.
What destroyed the Republican Party isn't Trump. It's the obedience to Trump from servile leaders like McConnell and Ryan who could have put a check on him. They have gotten their place in political history. They'll be remembered as vile.
The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history - I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters.
The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year.
I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history.
It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history.
