“The market is sovereign and in the magic economy of the small entrepreneur there is no authoritarian center... in the political sphere... the equilibrium of powers prevails, and hence there is no chance of despotism.” PoliticalChanceEconomyMagicEntrepreneurSpheresSovereignEquilibriumDespotism Book:The Power Elite Source: The Power Elite
“In the same way the eminence attaching to the mere possession of great wealth disappoints us nine times out of ten, especially if the wealth has been accumulated rapidly. For great wealth is accumulated rapidly by cunning or chance, or a mixture of the two. Cunning has nothing to do with high qualities; it is rather a presumption against them; while chance has nothing to do with them either. Therefore it is that men are always complaining after meeting So-and-so, that he seemed to be astonishingly stupid, though he made a million in ten years and started as a pauper.” IfsMenWayYearsHas BeensMadeTwoPoliticsWealthChanceQualityMillionsEconomyStupidTenMeetingsMerePossessionComplainingNineLiberalismCunningMixturesDisappointPresumptionHigh QualityEminenceAlways Complaining Author:Hilaire Belloc
“The Spirit of Justice is the single most important seed Piers planted; if you don't live by its teaching, your chance of salvation is nil. Unless Conscience and the Cardinal Virtues form the food that people live on, just take my word for it, they're utterly lost - every single living soul among them!” PeopleIfsImportantSoulWisdomFormSpiritPoliticsLostJusticeChanceEconomyVirtueTeachingConscienceSalvationSeedsLiberalismLive ByCardinalsPiers Author:William Langland
“We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when each person has a fair chance to fulfill his own dreams. This means equal voting rights, equal employment opportunity and new opportunities for expanded ownership, because in order to be secure in their human rights, people need access to property rights.” PeopleNeedsHumansMeanPersonsWisdomDreamOrderOpportunityPoliticsChanceEconomyRightsEqualFairsPropertyHuman RightsAccessEmploymentSecureReformRangeLiberalismVotingAmerican DreamOwnershipProperty RightsRight To VoteNew OpportunityEmployment Opportunities Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970
“We need a president that is sitting down, getting Americans to work, getting this economy going. That is the single most important thing that the president of the United States does, is create a climate where job creators know that they're going to be able to risk their capital and have a chance to have a return on the investment. And it's never too late to start that.” KnowsNeedsDoeImportantStatesAbleJobsPresidentChanceUnitedUnited StatesEconomyRiskReturnLateSittingImportant ThingsInvestmentClimateCreatorToo LateSitting DownNever Too LateJob Creators Author:Rick Perry
“We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well, or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?” WantWellsKindCountryHardChoicesChanceAcceptingEconomyHard WorkFundamentalsGet Ahead Author:Barack Obama
“We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.” GivingDoneActionPoliticalProcessChanceEconomyMediaConflictBenefitsMajorsCapitalismMajorityClimate ChangeStuckMinoritiesElitesCatastropheThreateningOutletsEmissions Author:Naomi Klein
“Contemporary philosophers are facing problems that were unthinkable only one century ago, such as whether space and time are mutually Independent, whether there is objective chance or only uncertainty, whether physics can explain chemical change, whether our behavior is fully determined by our genomes, whether ideation can change the brain, or whether either the economy or ideas are the ultimate roots of the social.” IdeasProblemSocialChanceSpaceBrainEconomyCenturyBehaviorRootsUltimateIndependentPhilosopherDeterminedPhysicsObjectivesContemporaryUncertaintyChemicalsTime And SpaceUnthinkableGenomeIdeation Author:Mario Bunge
“We've incentivized people in the past to maybe turn their vehicles over, you know sooner rather than later. And in the United States with the squeeze on discretionary income and credit that even as the economy comes back there's probably more of a chance than not that it'll be a slower recovery on auto sales.” PeopleKnowsStatesPastTurnsChanceUnitedUnited StatesEconomyCreditIncomeRecoveryOver YouVehiclePeople From The Past Author:Alan Mulally
“We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.” PeopleKnowsWorldGivingYearsEnjoyGrowthChanceEconomyStandardsPercentRateTrackChinaDeterminedStandards Of LivingHigh Standards Author:John Olver
“If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use their own very limited resources in ways that help their people. And also there's a hopelessness associated with deadly diseases, that if that can be alleviated, people can build their own economies in their own countries and they'll be less reliant on the developed world for help.” PeopleIfsWorldWayGivingCountryHelpingUseCareChanceEconomyDiseaseResourcesBurdenHealth CareOther CountriesHopelessnessLimited ResourcesDeadly Diseases Author:Laura Bush