“The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the proper government authorities will not succeed, in my judgment, in checking the progress of the movement. But if they did succeed they would find that they had sown the wind and would surely reap the whirlwind, for they would ultimately provoke the violent excesses which accompany a reform coming by convulsion instead of by steady and natural growth.” IfsMenTryingGovernmentTodayGrowthInterestNaturalWealthBusinessProgressMovementHe ManWindSucceedAuthorityJudgmentViolentReformExcessSteadyRegulationProvokingReapAccompanyWhirlwind Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools; and their systems, transmitted with blind deference from one generation of disciples to another, precluded every generous attempt to exercise the powers, or enlarge the limits, of the human mind.” MindHumansStillsSchoolGrowthGenerationsExerciseLimitsAuthorityBlindGenerousHuman MindDisciplePlatoDeferencePlato And Aristotle Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1 Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1
“Our scientists all the more occupy advanced positions in the development of world science. By the example of their successes in the field of atomic energy, our scientists and technicians have vividly shown how much the increased might of the Soviet state and the further growth of its international authority depends on their efforts and practical successes.” WorldStatesMightEnergyGrowthEffortExampleFieldsPositionDependsDevelopmentAuthorityScientistInternationalPracticalsSovietTechniciansAtomic Energy Author:Vyacheslav Molotov
“To date, there has been no serious attempt in Western countries to use laws to control excessive population growth, although there exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated.” Has BeensCountryUseLawGrowthSeriousAuthorityWesternPopulationPopulation Growth Author:John Holdren
“Over the longer term, China will grow by about 6% or 7% per year. The Chinese authorities usually react pretty quickly to unfolding economic events, and you've seen them recently change a whole bunch of policies to be more conducive to growth. They have the power and capability to macromanage the economy - to accomplish their growth objectives - which means they're pretty much going to come close to what they say is going to happen.” YearsMeanWholeHappensGrowsGrowthTermEconomyEconomicEventsPolicyAuthorityChinaAccomplishBunchObjectivesChineseCapabilityUnfolding Author:Jamie Dimon