Becoming Quote by Charles Hugh Smith

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.

— Noam Chomsky

Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.

— Colin Wilson

“without accountability there will be no growth”

— Manuel Corazzari

But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of…

— Jeb Bush

The trust of the mass population can no longer be taken for granted, and any continuation of the 'grand illusion' is dangerous for leaders…

— Richard Edelman

“A small portion of our population, over the past two decades, has been chanting incessantly for increased privatization of the material resources of the…

— Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the highest taxes…

— Johan Norberg

Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries. But question it we must.

— Tim Jackson

“But each in its own way was affected by the growing intolerance of immoderate inequality, initiating public provision to compensate for private inadequacy.”

— Tony Judt

“Growth occurs unabated free of obstacles.”

— Phil Wohl

“It has ever been the tendency of power to add to itself, to enlarge its sphere, to encroach beyond the limits set for it;…

— Benjamin Ricketson Tucker

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.

— John C. Maxwell