American history Quote by Anthony Gregory

America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.

— Jim Leach

“But in many other cases, just the opposite takes place, and the process of political centralization also ushers in an era of greater absolutism.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

In America, economic, cultural and political power is dispersed. In the U.K., centralisation is a gift to the vested interests.

— Steve Hilton

“It might therefore be better for the decentralization to be designed by a centralized authority, with the interest of the less advantaged or less…

— Abhijit V. Banerjee

“once we wrapped the globe in endless circles of wires crossing the deserts and beneath the oceans, decentralization was not only possible, but inevitable.”

— Kevin Kelly

American federalism was the embodiment of political tolerance and decentralization - the expression of the liberal conviction that society can manage itself and needs…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

“Decentralized means learning cannot easily be curtailed by autocratic governments and is considerably more immune to socioeconomic upheaval.”

— Peter H. Diamandis

“It has been often said that the winners write history. Cooperatives have been widespread and important in many periods of American history, and more…

— John Curl

“The freer an economy is, the more this human diversity of knowledge will be manifested. By contrast, political power originates in top-down processes-governments, monopolies,…

— George Gilder

Decentralization demands both vertical and horizontal deconcentration of services, wealth and power to the long neglected at no political cost

— Ba

To check centralization and usurping of power ... we require a new laissez-faire. The old laissez-faire was founded upon a misapprehension of human nature,…

— Russell Kirk

There's a very healthy tradition in America of skepticism of centralized power. If we ever lose the skepticism of centralized power, we'll lose the…

— Howard Fineman