“It is not only highly desirable but necessary that there should be legislation which shall carefully shield the interests of wage-workers, and which shall discriminate in favor of the honest and humane employer by removing the disadvantage under which he stands when compared with unscrupulous competitors who have no conscience and will do right only under fear of punishment.” ShouldInterestHonestConscienceWorkersFavorsPunishmentLegislationDesirableCompetitorsEmployersHumaneShieldsDisadvantages Book:The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses
“By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting.” IfsShouldStatesGovernmentTurnsPayHonestTaxesMembersStandardsPaidWorkersIncomeVotingBureaucracyTaxpayersAccountingUnorthodoxGovernment Workers Author:Ilana Mercer
“I had heard that Tom [Cruise] was the same way, that he is incredibly dedicated. I was very excited to meet him and I was, honest to God, weirdly surprised that the guy makes me look lazy. I think he does think I'm a hard worker, but he makes me look like I'm doing nothing. The guy is at the gym before anybody in the morning.” ThinkingWayLooksDoeHardGuyMorningHeardHonestHard WorkWorkersExcitedLazyGymDedicatedTomsDoing NothingCruiseHard Worker Author:Patrick Heusinger
“Anton Pannekoek didn't encourage radical workers and other activists of the anti-Bolshevik left to see revolutionary potential in his work in astronomy, for the simple reason that he was honest, and knew there was none to speak of.” ReasonLeftSpeakSimpleHonestWorkersAstronomyRadicalRevolutionaryActivistBolsheviks Author:Noam Chomsky