“Whatever their limitations, Freud and Marx developed complex and subtle theories of human nature grounded in their observation of individual and social behavior. The crackpot rationalism of free-market economics merely relies on an abstract model of how people "must" behave.” PeopleHumansIndividualSocialHuman NatureTheoryBehaviorModelsEconomicsComplexesObservationLimitationBehaveRelyAbstractSubtleGroundedFree MarketRationalismSocial BehaviorCrackpots Author:Ellen Willis
“The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she is asked to believe; equality in social life, where she is the chief factor; a place in the trades and professions, where she may earn her bread, is because of her birthright to self-sovereignty; because, as an individual, she must rely on herself.” BelieveMaySelfReasonGovernmentAsksIndividualSocialVoiceTradeProfessionBreadFactorsChiefsReason WhyRelyStrongestIndividualismSovereigntySocial LifeBirthright Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“When the excessively shy force themselves to be forward, they are frequently surprisingly unsubtle and overdirect and even rude: they have entered an extreme region beyond their normal personality, an area of social crime where gradations don't count; unavailable to them are the instincts and taboos that booming extroverts, who know the territory of self-advancement far better, can rely on.” KnowsSelfForceSocialCrimePersonalityNormalAreasInstinctExtremesRelyRegionsShyTerritoryRudeAdvancementTabooShynessExtroverts Book:U and I: A True Story Source: U and I: A True Story
“The nation relies upon public discussion as one of the indispensable means to attain correct solutions to problems of social welfare. Curtailment of free speech limits this open discussion. Our whole history teaches that adjustment of social relations through reason is possible when free speech is maintained.” MeanReasonWholeProblemNationsSocialJusticeTeachLimitsSpeechSolutionsRelationDiscussionWelfareRelyFree SpeechIndispensableAdjustmentSolution To A ProblemRely UponSocial WelfareSocial Relations Author:Stanley Forman Reed