National priorities Quotes by Famous Authors

1. “What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.”

Simone Weil

2. “The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need.”

John F. Kennedy

3. “Is this Nation stating it cannot afford to spend an additional $600 million to help the developing nations of the world become strong and free and independentan amount less than this country’s annual outlay for lipstick, face cream, and chewing gum?”

John F. Kennedy

4. “The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities frivolous, or ample provision for them unworthy of the nation’s concern.”

John F. Kennedy