Winston Churchill on Wealth Quotes

"Free trade is the great pacifier of international relations."

"A community which has no wealth cannot have any social services."

"The middle class is the backbone of the nation's wealth and stability."

"We must not let the tax-gatherer become the master of the house."

"For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."

"Property is not a crime; it is a reward for service to the community."

"Wealth is not for the idle; it is for the industrious."

"The difference between our system and the socialist system is the difference between the ladder and the queue."

"It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses."

"Economic independence is the foundation of all other independence."

"A nation that forgets how to trade forgets how to live."

"You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer."

"Taxes are an evil—a necessary evil, but an evil nonetheless."

"To build may be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day."

"Trade is not a war; it is a mutual benefit that binds nations together."

"Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the cruelest tax of all."

"Nationalization of industry is the graveyard of enterprise."

"The only way to keep the people happy is to keep them busy and well-paid."

"The first condition of a successful economy is a stable currency."

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

"Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon."

"Let us have a system where the rewards go to those who work and the risks go to those who dare."

"The first duty of the government is to see that the people have food and work."

"Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you."

"The gold standard is the only honest standard for a nation's currency."

"Money is like muck, not good except it be spread."

"Wealth is not the fruit of labor but the result of the organization of labor."

"It is the duty of the state to provide for the poor, but the duty of the individual to provide for himself."

"Inflation is a form of hidden taxation that destroys the savings of the middle class."

"There is no such thing as a good tax."

"The accumulation of capital is the first step toward civilization."

"The engine of wealth is the individual's desire to better himself and his family."

"I would rather see finance less proud and industry more content."