Organization Quote by Clay Shirky

“For when people do not keep watch over the commons, it is destroyed. It results, then, that they fall into civil faction, compelling one…

— Aristotle

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

— Garrett Hardin

A rich and diverse commons lowers the cost of living for those who use it. And throughout history, it has been those on low…

— Guy Standing

“People are complicated creatures, with a nuanced set of private and public incentives, and that our behavior is enormously influenced by circumstances.”

— Steven D. Levitt

“Instead, the commons were as much a thing and an activity, both a noun and a verb—a set of social relationships, a bundle of…

— Astra Taylor

One-man-one-vote combined with "free entry" into government-democracy--implies that every person and his personal property comes within reach of-and is up for grabs by-everyone else:…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

“Humans respond to incentives.”

— Steven D. Levitt

“Some people are given relatively fair lives. But others-they carry the burden of the unfairness of the world.”

— David Levithan

“Many come to seek fortunes who only find trouble and sorrow, and then they throw the blame on chance, and forget the true cause…

— Jules Verne

“When people refuse to pay the price of personal responsibility for the problems of the nation, these same people end up paying the high…

— Sunday Adelaja

“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. We balance inconveniences; we…

— Edmund Burke

“—but the world is unfair, and sometimes we must use that unfairness to our advantage.”

— T. Kingfisher