American - Public | November 27, 1927 - June 3, 2000
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
William E. Simon
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Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves - our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.
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The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.
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The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.
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I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.
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Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.
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At Union Securities, I threw myself into my work with the discipline and commitment that I had always demonstrated in employment and only rarely displayed in school. Years later, I would come to appreciate, abstractly, the importance of productive activity to the mind and soul of both an individual and a nation.
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The very nature of the government, and the direction it's been heading in for the past 40 years, is one of contrived government solutions to all the problems in the United States.
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Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
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We only have politicians who are concerned with being reelected.
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Disagreement on issues doesn't mean 'dissension.' All it means is that honest men can differ in their approach. You lay out your positions, and president makes a decision.
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Everybody in this society that has been lurching toward socialism and collectivism for 40 years has their hand out. And the propensity of Congress is to spend, spend, elect, elect. That hasn't changed, and it isn't going to change for a long time.
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