Ends Quote by Adam Smith

The techno-industrial system is exceptionally tough due to its so-called "democratic" structure and its resulting flexibility. Because dictatorial systems tend to be rigid, social…

— Theodore Kaczynski

“No social legislation can ever be final. Economic conditions are in a constant state of fluctuation, and periods of tranquility are followed by renewed…

— Joseph Casper Husslein

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

— Leland Stanford

A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive. We cannot afford…

— W. Edwards Deming

By virtue of the way it has organized its technological base, contemporary industrial society tends to be totalitarian. For "totalitarian" is not only a…

— Herbert Marcuse

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

— Romano Prodi

It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in the last…

— Ludwig von Mises

When conflicts end non-violently, it's more likely that the result will be longer-lasting, democratic societies.

— Julia Bacha

“When economic imbalances became extreme, the lack of equilibrium and viability could threaten social and political order.”

— Joshua A. Berman

As never before does the keeping of our economic machine in tune depend upon wise policies in the administrative side of the government.

— Herbert

Now we have a whole series of problems - energy, environment, proliferation - which go beyond the nation. And we also know that a…

— Henry A. Kissinger

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development.

— Ronald Reagan