“We supported the cooperative movement among farmers. The movement was still young and stubbornly opposed to the commercial distributors. I believed it to be one of the most helpful undertakings, for according to my social theories any organization run by citizens for their own welfare is preferable to the same action by the government.” StillsWisdomGovernmentRunningActionYoungPoliticsSocialEconomyMovementTheoryCitizensOrganizationWelfareLiberalismHelpfulFarmersUndertakingsCooperativesDistributorsSocial Theory Author:Herbert Hoover
“A scientist, an artist, a citizen is not like a child who needs papa methodology and mama rationality to give him security and direction, he can take care of himself, for he is the inventor not only of laws, theories, pictures, plays, forms of music, ways of dealing with his fellow man, institutions, but also entire world view, he is the inventor of entire forms of like.” MenWorldWayNeedsGivingChildrenPlayCareFormLawArtistViewsSecurityTheoryCitizensScientistFellowsInstitutionsTake CareRationalityFellow ManInventorMamaWorld ViewMethodologyPapa Author:Paul Feyerabend
“To isolate the revolutionary ideologues and their killers we must gain the trust of the majority of Muslims. This can only happen if they are treated as equal citizens, not just in theory, and have access to decent education and jobs.” IfsHappensJobsEducationTheoryCitizensEqualGainsMajorityAccessTreatedRevolutionaryDecentKillersIdeologues Author:Ian Buruma
“The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.” StatesLawPracticeSubjectsTheoryCitizensElitesPoorest Author:Mo Ibrahim
“Everybody thinks of economics whether he is aware of it or not. In joining a political party or in casting his ballot, the citizen implicitly takes a stand upon essential economic theories.” ThinkingPoliticalPartyEconomicTheoryCitizensEssentialsEconomicsPolitical PartiesCastingJoiningBallotsEconomic Theory Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Under unitary executive theory, the [George W.]Bush administration has claimed the right to seize American citizens in the United States and imprison them indefinitely without a charge.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTheoryCitizensAdministrationExecutivesAmerican Citizens Author:Dick Durbin
“If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.” IfsWorldInspirationalShouldSpiritualScienceSuccessfulTheoryCitizensProveRacismClaimsJewMathematicalFranceGermanyProvenRelativityUntrueWorld CitizenScience PhysicsTheories Of Relativity Author:Albert Einstein