by Profit Prophet | Mar 16, 2022 | Government, Happiness, Negatively, Patron, Produced, Punisher, Restraining, Society, Uniting, Vices, Wants, Wickedness
“Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a...
by Profit Prophet | Mar 2, 2022 | Atmosphere, Authorities, Collective, Common, Decency, Gradually, No Longer, Pervasive, Possible, Psychosis, Reason, Ruling, Society, Suddenly, Terror, Totalitarian
“The totalitarian systems represent a kind of collective psychosis. Whether gradually or suddenly, reason and common human decency are no longer possible in such a system: there is only a pervasive atmosphere of terror, and a projection of “the enemy,” imagined to be...
by Profit Prophet | Feb 21, 2022 | Anxiety, Born, Creature, Freedom, Gift, Hand Over, Human, Ill-Fated, Insupportable, Nothing, Society, Tormented
“Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.” –Fyodor...
by Profit Prophet | Feb 8, 2022 | Can Only, Great, Laws, Obey, People, Remain, Rulers, Society
“A society can only remain great when its rulers obey the laws so its people can obey the rulers.” –Solon
by Profit Prophet | Nov 16, 2021 | Asset, Company, Essential, Integrity, Irreplaceable, Person, Progress, Society, Valuable
“Integrity is essential and irreplaceable. It is the most valuable asset for a person, a company, or a society seeking to build and progress.” –Rex Tillerson
by Profit Prophet | Jun 15, 2021 | Consequences, Contributed, Entitlements, Feel, Grace Us, Nice, Nothing, Notions, Owes, People, Presence, Society, Something
“One of the consequences of such notions as “entitlements” is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.” –Thomas Sowell
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