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William Graham Sumner quotes: Nine-tenths of our measures for preventing vice are really protective towards it, because they ward off the penalty. Nine-tenths of our measures for preventing vice are really protective towards it, because they ward off the penalty.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The advantage of some is won by an equivalent loss of others. The advantage of some is won by an equivalent loss of others.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital. The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature. The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.
William Graham Sumner quotes: Now, the plan of plundering each other produces nothing. It only wastes. All Now, the plan of plundering each other produces nothing. It only wastes. All
William Graham Sumner quotes: There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study. There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.
William Graham Sumner quotes: Society needs first of all to be free from meddlersthat is, to be let alone. Society needs first of all to be free from meddlersthat is, to be let alone.
William Graham Sumner quotes: What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none. What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none.
William Graham Sumner quotes: Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one. Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one.
William Graham Sumner quotes: It is the greatest folly of which a man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil to plan out a new social world. It is the greatest folly of which a man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil to plan out a new social world.
William Graham Sumner quotes: He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself. He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.
William Graham Sumner quotes: There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors. There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.
William Graham Sumner quotes: There is no such thing on this earth as something for nothing. There is no such thing on this earth as something for nothing.
William Graham Sumner quotes: Darwin was as much of an emancipator as was Lincoln. Darwin was as much of an emancipator as was Lincoln.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted. The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted.
William Graham Sumner quotes: Taking men as they have been and are, they are subjects of passion, emotion, and instinct. Only Taking men as they have been and are, they are subjects of passion, emotion, and instinct. Only
William Graham Sumner quotes: History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. History is only a tiresome repetition of one story.
William Graham Sumner quotes: If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject ... If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject ...
William Graham Sumner quotes: Hunger, love, vanity, and fear. There are four great motives of human action. Hunger, love, vanity, and fear. There are four great motives of human action.
William Graham Sumner quotes: There is no device whatever to be invented for securing happiness without industry, economy, and virtue. There is no device whatever to be invented for securing happiness without industry, economy, and virtue.
William Graham Sumner quotes: Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life. Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war. The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.
William Graham Sumner quotes: If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control. If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.
William Graham Sumner quotes: It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift. It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.
William Graham Sumner quotes: What we prepare for is what we shall get. What we prepare for is what we shall get.
William Graham Sumner quotes: We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy. We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.
William Graham Sumner quotes: In this country, where workmen move about frequently and with facility, the unions suffer in their harmony and stability. It In this country, where workmen move about frequently and with facility, the unions suffer in their harmony and stability. It
William Graham Sumner quotes: If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee. If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee.
William Graham Sumner quotes: A fool is wiser in his own house than a sage is in another man's house. A fool is wiser in his own house than a sage is in another man's house.
William Graham Sumner quotes: It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land. It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The lobby is the army of the plutocracy. The lobby is the army of the plutocracy.
William Graham Sumner quotes: Such is the Forgotten Man. He works, he votes, generally he prays - but he always pays - yes, above all, he pays. Such is the Forgotten Man. He works, he votes, generally he prays - but he always pays - yes, above all, he pays.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The forgotten man ... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. The forgotten man ... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches. The taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches.
William Graham Sumner quotes: One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured. One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.
William Graham Sumner quotes: The dogmatic radicals who assail "on principle" the inherited social notions and distinctions are not serving civilization. Society The dogmatic radicals who assail "on principle" the inherited social notions and distinctions are not serving civilization. Society
William Graham Sumner quotes: We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty. We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.
William Graham Sumner quotes: What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune? What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?

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