Benjamin Spock Quotes

The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone.

I want to see a capitalism that manages resources in a new, much more long-term manner.

I learned to see myself and my role as a capitalist... as somebody who's trying to harness, for myself and for society, the power of greed and the power of the will to acquire into something that makes the world a better place. That's the version of capitalism that we want.

The economists are blind leaders of the blind; they know what is, they do not know what ought to be. They know how the present economic machinery works, they cannot give the drawings for a better machine. That will come from forces outside of professional economics — quite outside of it.

I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line.

We have to make our economy work for everyone - not just those at the top - protecting our country and protecting our planet.

Let's help people in this country with the resources we have.

Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

Development must be such that it positively transforms the lives of the common people.

In a world where profit is consistently put before both people and the planet, climate economics has everything to do with ethics and morality.

The world's going to change climatically. We just want to control the change. We want to have a high quality of life for billions of people as we pass through this era.

I have always believed that the ultimate purpose of economic policies and development policy is to meet the basic needs of our people. And for that, we need a fast-expanding economy.

If you're in a system where you must make profit in order to survive. You are compelled to ignore negative externalities, effects on others.

We have learned to turn out lots of goods and services, but we haven't learned as well how to have everybody share in the bounty. The obligation of a society as prosperous as ours is to figure out how nobody gets left too far behind.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

There is one and only one social responsibility of business - to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.

America, as everybody knows, is a country of many contradictions, and a big contradiction for a long time has been between a very aggressive form of capitalism and consumerism against what might be called a kind of moral or civic impulse.

I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people.

Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human rights, and the preservation of the planet's natural resources

We, the people, do have the power to stop the tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food.

Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people. The goal is material, cultural and spiritual fulfilment for the people. The human factor is of supreme value in development.

We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go mainly to the Bolivian people. Of course, any investor is entitled to recover their investment and take profits. But be assured that these new functions with our partners will also be reinvested in our country for the benefit of the Bolivian people.

Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.

We had to build a city not for businesses or automobiles, but for children and thus for people. Instead of building highways, we restricted car use. We invested in high-quality sidewalks, pedestrian streets, parks, bicycle paths, libraries; we got rid of thousands of cluttering commercial signs and planted trees. All our everyday efforts have one objective: Happiness.