The basis of social relationships is reciprocity: if you cooperate with others, others will cooperate with you. Carroll Quigley More Quotes by Carroll Quigley More Quotes From Carroll Quigley I came into history from a primary concern with mathematics and science. This has been a tremendous help to me as a person and as a historian, although it must be admitted it has served to make my historical interpretations less conventional than may be acceptable of many of my colleagues in the field. Carroll Quigley historical fields may It is this power structure which the Radical Right in the United States has been attacking for years in the belief that they are attacking the Communists. Carroll Quigley united-states pregnancy years Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions Carroll Quigley germany political decision The growth of financial capitalism made possible a centralization of world economic control and use of this power for the direct benefit of financiers and the indirect injury of all other economic groups. Carroll Quigley nwo growth order One of the chief reasons for the widespread fear of the Huns rested on their ability to travel very long distances in relatively short periods. This ability may well have been based on their use of horseshoes. Carroll Quigley distance use long The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training. Carroll Quigley personality christian attitude When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally. Carroll Quigley political party would-be For years I have told my students that I been trying to train executives rather than clerks. The distinction between the two is parallel to the distinction previously made between understanding and knowledge. It is a mighty low executive who cannot hire several people with command of more knowledge than he has himself. Carroll Quigley two people years The West believes that man and the universe are both complex and that the apparently discordant parts of each can be put into a reasonably workable arrangement with a little good will, patience, and experimentation. Carroll Quigley littles men believe The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. Carroll Quigley spain failure west The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Carroll Quigley party two ideas This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. Carroll Quigley persistence evil fear A community is made up of intimate relationships among diversified types of individuals--a kinship group, a local group, a neighborhood, a village, a large family. Carroll Quigley groups community intimate-relationships By the winter of 1945-1946, the Russian peoples were being warned of the dangers from the West Carroll Quigley west danger winter Inflation, especially a slow steady rise in prices, encourages producers, because it means that they can commit themselves to costs of production on one price level and then, later, offer the finished product for sale at a somewhat higher price level. This situation encourages production because it gives confidence of an almost certain profit margin. Carroll Quigley cost giving mean Each individual in a society is a nexus where innumerable relationships of this character intersect. Carroll Quigley nexus individual character The social sciences are usually concerned with groups of persons rather than individual persons. The behavior of individuals, being free, is unpredictable. Carroll Quigley being-free groups behavior A society is a group whose members have more relationships with one another then they do with outsiders. Carroll Quigley outsiders members groups Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. Carroll Quigley use depression war A civilization is complicated, in the first place, because it is dynamic; that is, it is constantly changing in the passage of time, until it has perished. Carroll Quigley complicated civilization firsts
