Economic Recession Quotes:

In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.

- Al Gore

source: "Gore talks climate change, jobs in an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell". www.nbcnews.com. December 9, 2009.

topic: People, Priorities, Economic Recession

Private prison companies are now listed on the New York Stock exchange and are doing quite well in a time of economic recession (and depression in some communities). But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

- Michelle Alexander

source: Source: www.truth-out.org

topic: New York, Community, Economic Recession, Private Prisons, Tip Of The Iceberg

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

- Harry S. Truman

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Depression, Keep Calm And Carry On, Economic Depression

A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours.

- Ronald Reagan

source: "Ronald Reagan: A Man True to His Word".

topic: Funny, Depression, Witty, Funny Jokes, Economic Depression

As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.

- Robert Foster Bennett

topic: Spring, Winter, Growth, Economic Growth, Winter Love

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.

- Daniel Hannan

source: "Outcry Against U.S. Budget Heard Around Globe". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. March 27, 2009.

topic: Debt, Politics, Way, Economic Recession, Great Recession

We face a far greater risk of psychological depression than of economic recession.

- Todd G. Buchholz

topic: Risk, Faces, Economic, Economic Recession, Recessions

Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.

- Omar Bongo

topic: Country, Drama, Bears, Economic Recession

At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.

- James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

topic: People, Safety, Tough Times, Economic Recession, Medicaid

The Nazi Party was, in the early 1920s, but one among many nationalist and volkisch radical political groups. It was catapulted to prominence with the onset of economic recession in the late 1920s... The Nazis owed their spectacular to a combination of two discrete sets of factors: first, their distinctive organisation and strategy; and secondly, the wider socio-economic conditions which created climates of opinion and sets of grievances on which the Nazis could prey.

- Mary Fulbrook

topic: Party, Two, Political, Discrete, Economic Recession

The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the final months of 2008 and gravely affected middle class families across America.

- Debbie Wasserman Schultz

topic: Jobs, Loss, Class, Middle Class Family, Economic Recession

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.

- David Rockefeller

topic: New York, Powerful, Cities, World Trade Center, Economic Recession