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“The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour, and the socialisation of that labour. But both these facts manifest themselves in extremely diverse processes in different branches of the national economy.”

May Two Different Facts Force Social Process Roles Economy Capitalism Increase Historical Branches Productive Labour Progressive Manifest Diverse Propositions National Economy

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“But the Progressive Conservative is very definitely liberal Republican. These are people who are moderately conservative on economic matters, and in the past have been moderately liberal, even sometimes quite liberal on social policy matters.”

People Has Beens Sometimes Matter Past Social Economic Policy Republican Conservative Progressive Social Policy

Author:Stephen Harper

“The United States Supreme Court, once a reliable if ultimate recourse for progressive and even revolutionary grievances, has become a retrograde wellspring for enormous economic and social distress.”

Source: Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the State of the Union

“A … difference between most system-building in the social sciences and systems of thought and classification of the natural sciences is to be seen in their evolution. In the natural sciences both theories and descriptive systems grow by adaptation to the increasing knowledge and experience of the scientists. In the social sciences, systems often issue fully formed from the mind of one man. Then they may be much discussed if they attract attention, but progressive adaptive modification as a result of the concerted efforts of great numbers of men is rare.”

“One reason why the progressive state is 'cheerful' is that social conflict is diminished by it.”

States Reason Social Conflict Reason Why Progressive Cheerful

Author:Kenneth E. Boulding