Thomas Sowell: Societal Prosperity and Productive Classes
“No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.”
Thomas Sowell
Author Archive for: Jan
Entries by Jan
The Public Will Believe Anything – Quote by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
Life Is Hollow Without Health and Freedom – G. Edward Griffin
“Life is hollow without health and freedom. To seek one while ignoring the other is folly.”
G. Edward Griffin
Collectivism and Freedom Are Mortal Enemies – G. Edward Griffin
“Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive”
G. Edward Griffin
Individualism vs. Collectivism by G. Edward Griffin
“Collectivists would have you believe that individualism is merely another word for selfishness, because individualists oppose welfare and other forms of coercive redistribution of wealth, but just the opposite is true. Individualists advocate true charity, which is the voluntary giving of their own money, while collectivists advocate the coercive giving of other people’s money; which, of course, is why it is so popular.”
G. Edward Griffin
Banks, Money Creation, and Morality by G. Edward Griffin
“When banks place credits into your account, they are merely pretending to lend you money. In reality, they have nothing to lend. Even the money that non-indebted depositors have placed with them was originally created out of nothing in response to someone else’s loan. So what entitles the banks to collect rent on nothing? It is immaterial that men everywhere are forced by law to accept these nothing certificates in exchange for real goods and services. We are talking here not about what is legal, but what is moral.”
G. Edward Griffin
Political Interest Quote by G. Edward Griffin
“Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are.”
G. Edward Griffin
All Things Are Interpretation – Friedrich Nietzsche
“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Walter Lippmann Quote on the Press and Opinion
“The press does not tell us what to think, it tells us what to think about.”
Walter Lippmann
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Material Comforts vs. Intellectual Wealth
“Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach