“The intellectual's hostility to the businessman presents no mystery, as the two have, by function, wholly different standards. While the businessman's motto is the customer is always right, the intellectual's task is to preserve his perceived standards against the weight of popular opinion.” TwoDifferentPhilosophyPoliticalOpinionMysteryIntellectualStandardsEconomicsTasksWeightFunctionCustomersPreservesBusinessmanMottoHostilityPopular Opinion Author:Bertrand de Jouvenel
“Command is a mountaintop. The air breathed there is different, and the perspectives seen there are different, from those of the valley of obedience. The passion for order and the genius for construction, which are part of man's natural endowment, get full play there. The man who has grown great sees from the top of his tower what he can make, if he so wills, of the swarming masses below him.” IfsMenDifferentPlayOrderPassionNaturalAirHe ManPerspectiveGeniusMassCommandObedienceValleysConstructionTowersEndowmentNatural Endowment Book:On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth Source: On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth
