William McKinley Quotes

Cultural growth, like economic development rarely comes as a steady advance on all fronts at once.

… growth is necessary to meet the requirements of social and national progress

The Turkish army will have done its duty when it defends the country from foreign aggression and frees the nation from fanaticism and intellectual slavery. The Turkish nation has fallen far behind the West. The main aim should be to lead it to modern civilization.

Progress includes Order, but Order does not include Progress.

You cannot have prosperity without peace. Without peace, China cannot continue to develop itself.

The first requisite for the progress of a nation is the brotherhood and unity amongst sections of the society.

A certain degree of progress from the rudest state in which man is found,—a dweller in caves, or on trees, like an ape, a cannibal, an eater of pounded snails, worms, and offal,—a certain degree of progress from this extreme is called Civilization.

Our development as a people has for many years been overshadowed in our own eyes and in the eyes of the world by the remarkable growth, and achievements of the American Union.

Growth can also involve producing services instead of goods. In particular, a major expansion of public and caring services (like child care, education, elder care, and other life-affirming programs) would generate huge increases in GDP and incomes, with virtually no impact on the environment.

Remember, our focus should remain on development because it is development alone that can transform this nation as well as the lives of its people.

The mind cannot be securely anchored. If we do not advance, we go backward. If we do not grow, we decay. If we do not develop, we shrink and shrivel.

I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.

Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With the help of Allah, we will proceed forward in this promising national process within the natural progress of the life cycle and the development of people and nation.

I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising.

If anything's progressive, then we make progress.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.

The perpetual tendency of the race of man to increase beyond the means of subsistence is one of the general laws of animated nature, which we can have no reason to expect to change.

Growth may be everything, but it’s not the only thing.

Growth necessitates change and change facilitates growth.

Change and growth seem to tower beyond the control and even the judgment of men.

A growth economy is a must.

Nations do not grow in strength … by the doing of easy things.

The major challenge facing us is to elevate our national life to the highest level of civilization and prosperity.