Henry Charles Carey Quotes
Confidence in the future -- Hope -- gives power to individuals and communities. It is that which enables the poor man to become rich, and the character of all legislative action is to be judged by its greater or lesser tendency to produce this effect.
Context
America’s first political economist
Topics
Confidence
Future
Hope
Laws, The Law
Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislative Process
Legislation
Opportunity
Optimism
The Poor
Poverty
Power
Prosperity
Wealth
Economic Growth
Economic Mobility
Economic Security, Economic Insecurity, Financial Security, Financial Insecurity
Financial Independence, Fiscal Independence, Economic Independence
Social Mobility
Social Progress
Wealth Creation
Poor Man
Legislating & Legislative Process
Community Strength
Financial Growth
Individual Empowerment
Legislative Action
Positive Outlook
Self-empowerment
Citations
Henry Charles Carey, 1793-1879, Political Economist & Publisher The Harmony of Interests: Agricultural, Manufacturing & Commercial, 1851
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Henry Charles Carey was the leading 19th-century economist of the American School, and chief economic adviser to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.