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William Graham Sumner Quotes

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme Picture Quote #1

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves Picture Quote #1

Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society Picture Quote #1

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay Picture Quote #1

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life Picture Quote #1

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare Picture Quote #1

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If I want to be free from any other man’s dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control Picture Quote #1

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness Picture Quote #1

Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work Picture Quote #1

The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to denounce financial devices which are useful and legitimate because use is made of them for fraud, is ridiculous and unworthy of the age in which we live Picture Quote #1

The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital Picture Quote #1

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual Picture Quote #1

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If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts Picture Quote #1

If you allow a political catchword to go on and grow, you will awaken some day to find it standing over you, arbiter of your destiny, against which you are powerless Picture Quote #1

The millionaires are a product of natural selection... the naturally selected agents of society for certain work. They get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is a good one for society Picture Quote #1

If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject Picture Quote #1

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It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme (William Graham Sumner Quotes) Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves (William Graham Sumner Quotes) Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society (William Graham Sumner Quotes) The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay (William Graham Sumner Quotes) Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life (William Graham Sumner Quotes) Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare (William Graham Sumner Quotes) If I want to be free from any other man’s dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control (William Graham Sumner Quotes) A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness (William Graham Sumner Quotes) Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work (William Graham Sumner Quotes) The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to denounce financial devices which are useful and legitimate because use is made of them for fraud, is ridiculous and unworthy of the age in which we live (William Graham Sumner Quotes) The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital (William Graham Sumner Quotes) Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual (William Graham Sumner Quotes) If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts (William Graham Sumner Quotes) If you allow a political catchword to go on and grow, you will awaken some day to find it standing over you, arbiter of your destiny, against which you are powerless (William Graham Sumner Quotes) The millionaires are a product of natural selection... the naturally selected agents of society for certain work. They get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is a good one for society (William Graham Sumner Quotes) If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject (William Graham Sumner Quotes)

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