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Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy.

There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song.

When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards.

There are no miracles in agricultural production.

No one can forecast the economy with certainty.

Looking beyond the emerging markets, it is important not to lose sight of the growth opportunities that exist in the developed regions.

One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.

For a variety of reasons, we are not producing at a given level of economic activity the jobs we used to have.

The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools.

There is no pure free-market economy.