“Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.” PeopleShouldTwoPartyPolicyElectionProfoundIdenticalRascalsForeign RelationsTwo Party System Author:Carroll Quigley
“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.” PeopleTryingYearsMadeTwoUnderstandingStudentsLowsTrainCommandDistinctionExecutivesParallelsClerksMore Knowledge Book:The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis Source: The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis
“The difference between a stable society and an unstable one is that the restraints in an unstable one are external. In a stable society government ultimately becomes unnecessary; the restraints on people's actions are internal, they're self-disciplined.” PeopleSelfGovernmentActionDifferencesInternalsStableUnnecessaryRestraintUnstable Author:Carroll Quigley
“The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.” PeopleShowsGovernmentMotivationalLastsGivenHistoryAdviceCenturyConsistentlyBusinessmanBankers Book:Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time Source: Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
“There were people who said the Society of Cincinnati in the American revolution, of which George Washington was one of the shining lights, was a branch of the Illuminati.” PeopleSaidLightRevolutionShiningBranchesAmerican RevolutionShining Light Author:Carroll Quigley
“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. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.” PeopleIfsShouldYearsStillsTwoIdeasLeftPartyFourPolicyIdealsArgumentElectionHistoricalProfoundFoolishPursueThinkerFour YearsAcademicAcceptableIdenticalVigorRascals Author:Carroll Quigley
