Socialism in Russia has not brought about an improvement in the conditions of the average man which can be compared with the improvement of conditions, during the same period, in the United States.
Any political process has to secure an improvement in the Palestinians' quality of life and education. Attempts to bring about a political arrangement before securing peace to the Israelis and economic improvement for the Palestinians are likely to fail.
It took me years to get out of the bargain basement. I always wanted to walk into a men's store and buy a cashmere sweater.
People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.
We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.
The Communist Party and the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are the same in some ways ... To stay in power you've got to give people a good life and improve the economy.
History teaches us that the great revolutions aren’t started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better—and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.
When each of us is free to work out his own economic destiny, within the framework of the market economy, the institution of private property, and the general rule of law, we will all improve our economic condition much faster than when we are ordered around by bureaucrats.
The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?
What we need to work on is how to increase productivity. And then everybody will be better off.
Usually, so far as improvement in the people's economic conditions is concerned, humanitarians simply play the role of the busybody.
Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth.
I will improve the economy. At least, I think I can.
For the first time in America's history, poverty is on the run.
More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.
I'm just absolutely convinced we have to educate our way to a better economy. That's the only way we're going to get there. This is the best long-term investment we can make. And so I think it's my job to be the truth-teller.
Even if we were to sign peace today, the economic conditions in our country would not improve automatically because it will take some time to reach the level of oil production before the war and the oil prices are likely to remain low for some time as the supply of oil in the world is high and demand is low.
As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.
The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but -- and to the extent that we find weakness, we'll move.
The doctrine of Islamic economics is simplistic, incoherent and largely irrelevant to present economic challenges…. The real purpose of Islamic economics has not been economic improvement but cultivation of a distinct Islamic identity to resist cultural globalization.
Watching the economies in various parts of the world, I believe that there is scope for improvement everywhere. There is some corruption and inefficiency everywhere.
How are we going to make the people of the United States realize that if they want peace in the future they must make the sacrifices that are required to bring about economic improvement in a great many countries?
She was advocating the then relatively new concept of Foreign Aid.
We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition.
If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.
The Greek economy is improving, which should benefit the banking sector.