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In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great…

— Frederick Winslow Taylor

In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.

— Frederick Winslow Taylor

Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.

— Aristotle

The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is…

— Karl Marx

“The search for better, for more competent men, from the presidents of our great companies down to our household servants, was never more vigorous…

— Frederick Winslow Taylor

We have to build a better man before we can build a better society.

— Paul Tillich

. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

— Henry David Thoreau

Among the works of man, which human life is rightly employed in perfecting, the first in importance surely is man himself.

— John Stuart Mill

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

— Langston Hughes

If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing…

— Clarence Darrow

Each man must create his own system or else he is a slave to another mans

— William Blake

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

— Confucius