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- Wars between states and people seem to have existed under all historical systems for as long as we have some recorded evidence. War is quite…
- What distinguishes the historical social system we are calling historical capitalism is that in this historical system capital came to be used (invested) in a…
- An individual or a group of individuals might of course decide at any time that they would like to invest capital with the objective of…
- But even in the absence of direct interference by those who had the power to interfere, the process was usually aborted by the non-availability of…
- What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was to achieve an…
- It is, let me say, at the very least by no means self-evident that there is more liberty, equality, and fraternity in the world today…
- The second reason why we haven't observed the growing gap is that our historical and social science analyses have concentrated on what has been happening…
- For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the recipients of privilege, the world…
- We seem to be in the midst of a process of cascading bifurcations that may last some 50 more years. We can be sure some…
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- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle