Entitlements seem to grow with prosperity; not only because they are indexed to inflation or GDP, but also because a prosperous country tells itself it can afford more benefits. Votes: 5
Hardworking Americans are fighting every day to provide for themselves and their families, and leave a more prosperous country for the next generation. Votes: 4
Free enterprise system was born the second year the pilgrims were here. And of course, it has made America the most prosperous country in the world. Votes: 4
I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. Votes: 4
My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared their ideas for how to build a more equal and prosperous country. I always felt part of their call to serve and part of my father's journey. Votes: 4
Pakistan should be a moderate Islamic state. That it should be a prosperous country is in India's interests, and it is in the world's interests. Votes: 3
I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is to be in a nice prosperous country with a lot of entertainment options because there's so many distractions. Votes: 3
A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts. Votes: 3
I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your hands open. And a lot of people don't have their hands open, there's something they're grasping because there's a lot of things to grasp in a prosperous country. Votes: 3
We didn't become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell. Votes: 3
I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries. Votes: 2
Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. Votes: 2
At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country. Votes: 2
I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other. Votes: 2
As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring America's promise as a land of opportunity. Votes: 2
Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy. Votes: 2
My father's biggest achievement was to motivate the South Korean people, to show them we could become prosperous if we worked hard. He taught me to love my country, and serve my country. Votes: 2
It is unconscionable for children in our prosperous country, or anywhere for that matter, to go without food. I implore everyone to contact their local and state representatives to encourage action to end hunger. Votes: 2
The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development. Votes: 2
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. Votes: 2
I'm confident in our resolve to make the decisions necessary to keep our country and our people safe and prosperous and I look forward to representing the citizens of Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District for the next two years. Votes: 2
Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve to be. Votes: 2
The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat. Votes: 2
The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits. Votes: 2
There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations. Votes: 2
America is a center right government, center right people. They want government but they don't want it to be excessive. They want it to be affordable. And most importantly what Americans want is to pass on to their next generation their children a country that's better, stronger and more vibrant and more prosperous. Votes: 2
A country becomes more prosperous in proportion to the rise in the invested capital unit per unit of its population. Votes: 0
The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis. Votes: 0
At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country." Votes: 0
A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved. Votes: 0
It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people. . . Votes: 0
As elected leaders, we must each recommit ourselves to work together toward putting our country on a prosperous, sustainable path and restoring Americas promise as a land of opportunity. Votes: 0
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. Votes: 5 George S. Patton
Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. Votes: 5 Franklin D. Roosevelt