“We should try to achieve things for ourselves and not rely on former or past family glories with which we have no connection but the arbitrary nature of our birth.” ShouldTryingPastAchieveBirthGloryConnectionsFormerRelyArbitrary Author:Shirley Franklin
“[E]very man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential - unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.” MenShouldMoneyRaceEducationTalentBirthIncomeBarriersArbitraryFull Potential Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
“A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians-\-\risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has-\-\is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic” PeopleShouldBelieveHandsGovernmentFallWealthHalfDangerousWillingNeededCitizensPoliticianDemocraticPainfulEnormousPreservesVotersRepublicArbitraryPollsDemocratic Republic Author:Thomas Sowell