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Next Page »James K. Polk: Frugal Government
on Saturday, November 2, 2019James K. Polk Money Quote saying frugality with public monies is the responsibility of the President and should be enforced by Congress. James K. Polk said:
“Ours was intended to be a plain and frugal government, and I shall regard it to be my duty to recommend to Congress and, as far as the Executive is concerned, to enforce by all the means within my power the strictest economy in the expenditure of the public money which may be compatible with the public interests” — James K. Polk
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Sheryl Sandberg: Invest Employees
on Wednesday, August 28, 2019Sheryl Sandberg Money Quote saying that investing in employees the needs of workers has a payback in loyalty from those workers. Sheryl Sandberg said:
“I think we’re shortsighted when we don’t invest in our employees as companies, and as an economy, because we invest in them and they invest back in us” — Sheryl Sandberg
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Samuel F.B. Morse: Raise Salaries
on Saturday, April 27, 2019Samuel F.B. Morse Money Quote saying that paying well attracts quality employees to become telegraph operators who would strive to earn their pay well. Samuel F.B. Morse said:
“We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good for anything. You will recollect that, at the first meeting of the Board of Directors, I took the ground that ‘it was our policy to make the office of operator desirable, to pay operators well and make their situation so agreeable that intelligent men and men of character will seek the place and dread to lose it.’ I still think so, and, depend upon it, it is the soundest economy to act on this principle” — Samuel F.B. Morse
Born April 27, 1791 – Died April 2, 1872 – Contributed to Morse Code and the Telegraph
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Phyllis McGinley: Economy Thrift
on Friday, March 22, 2019Phyllis McGinley Money Quote saying one can imagine frugality in it’s many forms through behavior toward a single asset. Phyllis McGinley said:
“Meanness inherits a set of silverware and keeps it in the bank. Economy uses it only on important occasions, for fear of loss. Thrift sets the table with it every night for pure pleasure, but counts the butter spreaders before they are put away” — Phyllis McGinley
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Barack Obama: Small Business Saturday
on Saturday, November 24, 2018Barack Obama Money Quote saying Small Business Saturday supports one of the most important components of the U.S. economy. Barack Obama said:
“Through events such as Small Business Saturday, we keep our local economies strong and help maintain an American economy that can compete and win in the 21st century” — Barack Obama
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Barack Obama: Mom & Pop Shops Economy
on Saturday, November 24, 2018Barack Obama Money Quote saying in his statement about Small Business Saturday that small stores and local business strengthens the U.S. economy. Barack Obama said:
“From the mom-and-pop storefront shops that anchor Main Street to the high-tech startups that keep America on the cutting edge, small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of our Nation’s promise” — Barack Obama
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Zachary Taylor: Economy Virtue Education
on Saturday, November 24, 2018Zachary Taylor Money Quote saying education of kids should be a priority and economy is virtuous enough for everyone. Zachary Taylor said:
“Economy I consider a virtue & should be practiced by all; there is certainly no way in which money can be laid out than in the education of children” — Zachary Taylor
12th President of the United States – Born November 24, 1784 – Died July 9, 1850
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Leon Trotsky: Understand Economic Process
on Friday, November 9, 2018Leon Trotsky Money Quote saying words and labels for economic processes are meaningless and not understood by most – and certainly not within their power to change or direct. Leon Trotsky said:
“Such categories as ‘commodity’, ‘money’, ‘wages’, ‘capital’, ‘profit’, ‘tax’, and the like are only semi-mystical reflections in men’s heads of the various aspects of a process of economy which they do not understand and which is not under their control” — Leon Trotsky
Birthday November 7, 1879
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