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She was allowed to deprive small men of their lives, she was not allowed to deprive great men of their property–or rather of other people’s property.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
in 1932, the Great Depression had swept the country and Weaver, like many others, had evolved into a full-fledged Socialist.
Richard M. Weaver • Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition
In recent years a new anti-monopoly movement has emerged, partly inspired by the Progressives, with new ideas for the old desire to make all citizens capable of participating in our political and economic life. Its most famous advocate is Senator Elizabeth Warren, who often echoes Brandeis, and who told the story of Frances Perkins one night in a c
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Man cannot exist without work, without legal, natural property. Depart from these conditions, and he becomes perverted and changed into a wild beast.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky • The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont
Alfred Adler, the famous Viennese psychologist, wrote a book entitled What Life Should Mean to You. In that book he says: “It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.”