Tommy Douglas: Economics

Tommy Douglas was Scottish-born Canadian politician. Explore interesting quotes on economics.

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“The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad.”

Tommy Douglas

Annual Convention of the Saskatchewan CCF, Regina, July 1951.

Home , Selfishness

“We believe that no nation can survive politically free but economically enslaved.”

Tommy Douglas

Budget Debate, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, March 22, 1943.

“What is this free enterprise system? It is the law of the jungle applied to economics. It is the law of every man for himself, as the elephant said when he was dancing among the chickens. That is not a bad philosophy if, like the hon. member for York - Sunbury, you happen to be in the elephant class, but it is likely to be depressing if you are a farmer or worker, and belong in the chicken group. Free enterprise means unrestricted competition; the race to the swift and the battle to the strong; nature red in tooth and claw.”

Tommy Douglas

Budget Debate, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, March 22, 1943.

Law , Nature , Strong , Dance

“Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege.”

Tommy Douglas

as quoted in Straight Through the Heart: How the Liberals Abandoned the Just Society (Harper and Collins: 1995), p. 243.

People , Fear , Democracy