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“Everything is un-American that tends either to government by a plutocracy or government by a mob. To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American. All privileges based on wealth, and all enmity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American-both of them equally so. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”

“An enormous amount of modern ingenuity is expended on finding defences for the indefensible conduct of the powerful. As I have said above, these defences generally exhibit themselves most emphatically in the form of appeals to physical science. And of all the forms in which science, or pseudo-science, has come to the rescue of the rich and stupid, there is none so singular as the singular invention of the theory of races.”

Said Form Powerful Race Rich Modern Stupid Theory Amount Findings Enormous Invention Appeals Rescue Defence Exhibits Ingenuity Pseudo Physical Science

Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton

“I would like [the working man] to give me back books and newspapers and theories. And I would like to give him back, in return, his old insouciance, and rich, original spontaneity and fullness of life.”

Men Giving Book Government Rich Theory Return Give Me Originals Newspapers Fullness Spontaneity Working Man Fullness Of Life Insouciance

Book:Fantasia of the Unconscious

Source: Fantasia of the Unconscious

“People are experience-rich and theory-poor. I help people organize / make sense of their experiences.”

People Helping Poor Rich Theory Make Sense Organize

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“Experience has shown repeatedly that a mathematical theory with a rich internal structure generally turns out to have significant implications for the understanding of the real world, often in ways no one could have envisioned before the theory was developed.”

World Way Real Turns Understanding Rich Theory Structure Significant Mathematical Internals Real World Implications

Author:William Thurston

“Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat. Quite a lot of the differences that make us rich and poor are matters just of luck. To somehow revel in ones privilege would be a mistake. An even bigger mistake would be trying to convert that into a theory that the rich are so much more productive than many of us.”

Trying Art Matter Would Be Culture Grows Differences Poor Mistake Rich Theory Bigger Luck Privilege Dependent Productive Farmers Rich And Poor Art And Culture

Author:Amartya Sen

“The United State has a net worth against which our debt is a joke ... we wrote in 2008 the United States is going to come out of this recession fast. The Europeans are going to fragment. The Chinese are going to be cremated. Why could we come out of it? Why has all economic theory been proven wrong? Because we're rich and we could afford it.”

States United United States Rich Economic Theory Jokes Debt Chinese Proven Fragments Recessions Net Worth Economic Theory Proven Wrong

Author:George Friedman

“So many theories. But all of them have one thing in common: They demonstrate that although Trump isn’t much of a businessman, he is rich enough to hire good tax attorneys who will hand over huge stacks of forms for him to sign blindly. That’s a helluva qualification for president, isn’t it?”

Enough Hands Form President Common Rich One Thing Theory Huge Trump Taxes Businessman Attorney Qualifications

Author:Kevin Drum

“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”

Love Inspirational Firsts Wisdom America Politics Peace Rich Duty Theory Safety Prosperity Get Rich Eternal Vigilance Americanism Get Rich Quick Theory Of Life Safety First

Book:Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914

Source: Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914