All William Graham Sumner Quotes
- The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. Business
- It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes,… Burden
- It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land. Along
- If you allow a political catchword to go on and grow, you will awaken some day to find it standing over you, arbiter of your… Allow
- In the New Testament it is taught that willing and voluntary service to others is the highest duty and glory in human life. . .… Art
- The millionaires are a product of natural selection ... the naturally selected agents of society for certain work. They get high wages and live in… Agents
- Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one. Define
- Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great… Ability
- Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and… Find
- The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted. Aggregation
- There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of aggregated capital to serve civilization, and that the new developments… Aggregated
- Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming… Becoming
- The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish… Attempts
- We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate by an aggregation of capital, and a systematic application of… Aggregation
- There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors. Folly
- If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee. Committee
- It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques formed on special… Adequate
- All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power over their fellowmen in order that they might win the… All
- He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself. Care