Quotes by Wisdom Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton freedomwisdommean Listening causes me to find the existence of truth behind the veil. Loreena McKennitt veilswisdomlistening Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being. Lord Acton wisdomreligiousspiritual Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. Lord Byron wisdomtreelife In solitude, where we are least alone. Lord Byron marriagewisdomwise A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not. Lord Chesterfield maturitywisdomwise In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food Lord Acton strongignorancewisdom Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion. Lord Chesterfield indifferencewisdommother We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. Louis D. Brandeis powerwisdomcountry It is often argued that the people who will be affected by a major decision should be involved in it. Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal in southern Africa, once resolved a dispute between two brothers about a land inheritance they were to share. Kruger's decision: let one brother divide the land, and let the other brother have first choice. Louis E. Boone landbrotherwisdom In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. Louis D. Brandeis wisdomexpressionlying The greatest factors making for communism, socialism or anarchy among a free people are the excesses of capital. The talk of the agitator does not advance socialism one step. The great captains of industry and finance... are the chief makers of socialism. Louis D. Brandeis wisdomdoepeople We gain nothing by trading the tyranny of capital for the tyranny of labor. Louis D. Brandeis gainspoliticswisdom Labor is the source of subsistence, capital is the source of affluence. My idea is to make everyone a capitalist, and therefore, financially secure. Louis O. Kelso affluencewisdomideas Everyone should own a piece of the wealth-producing capital of this country, but not everyone can be a manager. Or should be. Louis O. Kelso pieceswisdomcountry Equality of economic opportunity, in the context of private property, means equality of opportunity for the millions of capital-less households of today to buy, pay for, and employ in their lives the non-human factor of production, capital. Louis O. Kelso wisdomopportunitymean The schemes to set up blacks in cleaning stores, gas stations, hamburger stands and fried-chicken franchises, all the low-profit, low-capital enterprises, will rivet the Black man to the least remunerative section of the economy forever. The best such prospects offer are the dissatisfactions of blue-collar life. The big money ain't in pumping rationed gas in an Amoco station leased in your very own name, but in having stock in Exxon. Louis O. Kelso wisdombluemen The uneasy ghost of Marx must suffer the torments of the damned at the truth glaring from the pages of history that one does not abolish property by transferring it to the state. Louis O. Kelso wisdomsufferingdoe The rising productivity of labor is a myth, a statistical illusion created by measuring combined output in terms of labor input. Louis O. Kelso inputpoliticswisdom It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.We have not the power to produce more than there is a potential to consume. Louis D. Brandeis errorspoliticswisdom«114115116117118119120121122123124»
