Daron Acemoglu quotes

Daron Acemoglu quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Inclusive economic institutions require secure property rights and economic opportunities not just for the elite but for a broad cross-section of society.”
-- Daron Acemoglu

Source : Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson (2012). “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty”, p.75, Profile Books

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“Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.”

Source : Twitter post from May 08, 2013
“Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”

Source : Quoted in N.Y. Times, 18 Dec. 1988
“Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.”
“When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.”
“This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins''.”
“We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”
“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.”
“IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE COULD LEARN WHAT I KNOW OF THE FIERCE HATRED OF THE PRIESTS OF ROME AGAINST OUR INSTITUTIONS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR MOST SACRED RIGHTS, AND OUR SO DEARLY BOUGHT LIBERTIES, THEY WOULD DRIVE THEM OUT AS TRAITORS!”
“The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part of its reforms. Ironically, the section on women's rights was added by a senator from Virginia who opposed the whole thing and was said to be sure that if he stuck something about womens' rights into it, it would never pass. The bill passed anyway, though, much to the chagrin of a certain wiener from Virginia.”
“Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.”

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