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Top 30 Steve Forbes Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business.”

— Steve Forbes

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Steve Forbes Quote: “A promise made should be a promise kept.”

2. “A promise made should be a promise kept.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “You make more money selling advice than following it. It’s one of the things we count on in the magazine business – along with the short memory of our readers.”

3. “You make more money selling advice than following it. It’s one of the things we count on in the magazine business – along with the short memory of our readers.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.”

4. “No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.”

5. “Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The Declaration of Independence, the words that launched our nation – 1,300 words. The Bible, the word of God – 773,000 words. The Tax Code, the words of politicians – 7,000,000 words – and growing!”

6. “The Declaration of Independence, the words that launched our nation – 1,300 words. The Bible, the word of God – 773,000 words. The Tax Code, the words of politicians – 7,000,000 words – and growing!”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “If a man breaks a pledge, the public ought to know it.”

7. “If a man breaks a pledge, the public ought to know it.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.”

8. “As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values.”

9. “We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom.”

10. “The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The politicians say ‘we’ can’t afford a tax cut. Maybe we can’t afford the politicians.”

11. “The politicians say ‘we’ can’t afford a tax cut. Maybe we can’t afford the politicians.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.”

12. “The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “Gold is a constant. It’s like a North Star.”

13. “Gold is a constant. It’s like a North Star.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The tax code is a monstrosity and there’s only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.”

14. “The tax code is a monstrosity and there’s only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people’s money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.”

15. “There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people’s money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “One thing on psychology, which we’ve always known, is that every investor says they’re long-term – and they are until the market takes a hit.”

16. “One thing on psychology, which we’ve always known, is that every investor says they’re long-term – and they are until the market takes a hit.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “There’s no human censorship at kiosks.”

17. “There’s no human censorship at kiosks.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “Contrary to the cliche’, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.”

18. “Contrary to the cliche’, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “There’s plenty of juice to keep this economy going.”

19. “There’s plenty of juice to keep this economy going.”

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Steve Forbes Quote: “And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.”

20. “And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.”

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Steve Forbes Quote: “As more money flowed through Washington and as Washington’s power to regulate our lives grew, opportunities and temptations for graft, influence peddling and cutting corners grew exponentially. Power breeds corruption.”

21. “As more money flowed through Washington and as Washington’s power to regulate our lives grew, opportunities and temptations for graft, influence peddling and cutting corners grew exponentially. Power breeds corruption.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.”

22. “The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “What you do as president has consequences.”

23. “What you do as president has consequences.”

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Steve Forbes Quote: “Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is almost a Marxist.”

24. “Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is almost a Marxist.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.”

25. “The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “It can’t help but knock things down.”

26. “It can’t help but knock things down.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The words, ‘penalty,’ ‘restrict’ and ‘violate’ appeared more times in President Clinton’s health care reform bill than in his crime bill.”

27. “The words, ‘penalty,’ ‘restrict’ and ‘violate’ appeared more times in President Clinton’s health care reform bill than in his crime bill.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “You don’t change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion.”

28. “You don’t change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world’s only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble.”

29. “Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world’s only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We’re going to have to apply the heat to make sure.”

30. “People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We’re going to have to apply the heat to make sure.”

— Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes Quote: “The most laughable White House criticism is that tax cuts are a ‘free lunch.’ The American people’s work created that money. Only in Washington could there be a belief that letting people keep more of what they create is a giveaway.”

31. “The most laughable White House criticism is that tax cuts are a ‘free lunch.’ The American people’s work created that money. Only in Washington could there be a belief that letting people keep more of what they create is a giveaway.”

— Steve Forbes

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