“A people among whom there is no habit of spontaneous action for a collective interest - who look habitually to their government to command or prompt them in all matters of joint concern - who expect to have everything done for them, except what can be made an affair of mere habit and routine - have their faculties only half developed; their education is defective in one of its most important branches.” PeopleLooksMadeImportantMatterDoneWisdomGovernmentActionPoliticsInterestHalfEconomyHabitConcernMereAffairCommandBranchesLiberalismCollectivesFacultyRoutineSpontaneousJointsPromptsDefective Book:Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy : in Two Volumes Source: Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy : in Two Volumes
“I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he has an extraordinary mind, but because he has the personal habits of a peasant.” IfsMindDoubtHabitIntellectualExtraordinaryChinaCommandPeasantsGreat RespectMao Author:Edgar Snow