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> [“The more apparent it is that a system is nearing an end, the more reluctant people will be to adhere to its laws.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/the-more-apparent-it-is-that-a-system-is-nearing-an-end-the-more/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

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## More by James Dale Davidson

> [“Topographic conditions were the foundation of Greek democracy, just as those of a different kind gave rise to the Oriental despotisms of Egypt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/topographic-conditions-were-the-foundation-of-greek-democracy-just-as/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“When the payoff for organizing violence at a large scale tumbles, the payoff from violence at a smaller scale is likely to jump. Violence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/when-the-payoff-for-organizing-violence-at-a-large-scale-tumbles-the/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“To dare a thought is to risk being wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/to-dare-a-thought-is-to-risk-being-wrong/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“The more apparent it is that a system is nearing an end, the more reluctant people will be to adhere to its laws.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/the-more-apparent-it-is-that-a-system-is-nearing-an-end-the-more/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [Place 5 percent to 10 percent of your total assets in gold bullion and selected gold and silver coins. No one knows with certainty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/place-5-percent-to-10-percent-of-your-total-assets-in-gold-bullion/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“Faster than all but a few now imagine, microprocessing will subvert and destroy the nation-state, creating new forms of social organization in the process.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/faster-than-all-but-a-few-now-imagine-microprocessing-will-subvert/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“Other things being equal, the more widely dispersed key technologies are, the more widely dispersed power will be, and the smaller the optimum scale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/other-things-being-equal-the-more-widely-dispersed-key-technologies/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [America today has insufficient savings to finance both crucial investment and its consumption of imports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/america-today-has-insufficient-savings-to-finance-both-crucial/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“Cultures are not matters of taste but systems of adaptation to specific circumstances that may prove irrelevant or even counterproductive in other settings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/cultures-are-not-matters-of-taste-but-systems-of-adaptation-to/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“Market forces, not political majorities, will compel societies to reconfigure themselves in ways that public opinion will neither comprehend nor welcome.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/market-forces-not-political-majorities-will-compel-societies-to/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“This tended to increase the size of societies because contests of violence more often than not were won by the larger group.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/this-tended-to-increase-the-size-of-societies-because-contests-of/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“Governments will ultimately have little choice but to treat populations in territories they serve more like customers, and less in the easy that organized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/governments-will-ultimately-have-little-choice-but-to-treat/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“Every social order incorporates among its key taboos the notion that people living in it should not think about how it will end and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/every-social-order-incorporates-among-its-key-taboos-the-notion-that/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“Wherever farming took root, violence emerged as a more important feature of social life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/wherever-farming-took-root-violence-emerged-as-a-more-important/)

[James Dale Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dale-davidson/)

> [“With the advent of farming, human horizons expanded.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dale-davidson/with-the-advent-of-farming-human-horizons-expanded/)

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