“Minds vary in sensitiveness and in self-power, as bodies do in susceptibility of attraction and repulsion. When, when shall we learn that they are governed by laws as inexorable as physical laws, and that a man can as easily refuse to obey what has power over him as a steel atom can resist the magnet?” MenMindSelfBodyLawRefuseAttractionAtomsSteelVaryMagnetInexorableSelf PowerSusceptibilityRepulsionAttraction And Repulsion Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“The concentration of wealth is a natural result of this concentration of ability, and regularly recurs in history. The rate of concentration varies (other factors being equal) with the economic freedom permitted by morals and laws.” LawPoliticsNaturalWealthAbilityResultsMoralEconomyEconomicEqualRateFactorsLiberalismConcentrationVaryEconomic FreedomBeing EqualConcentration Of Wealth Book:The Lessons of History Source: The Lessons of History
“The goodness or badness, justice or injustice, of laws varies of necessity with the constitution of states. This, however, is clear, that the laws must be adapted to the constitutions. But if so, true forms of government will of necessity have just laws, and perverted forms of government will have unjust laws.” IfsStatesGovernmentFormLawJusticeClearGoodnessConstitutionInjusticeUnjustVaryAdaptedForms Of GovernmentBadnessUnjust Laws Book:Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens Source: Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens