Arrangements Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

And if the civilized man's pursuits are no worthier than the savage's, if he is employed the greater part of his life in obtaininggross…

— Henry David Thoreau

“I sometimes think that there is a link between the decline in humanity and the increase in prosperity and comfort. Property and comfort are…

— Mo Yan

“The modern age has carried with it a theoretical glorification of labor and has resulted in a factual transformation of the whole of society…

— Hannah Arendt

Our rate of progress is such that an individual human being, of ordinary length of life, will be called on to face novel situations…

— Alfred North Whitehead

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have…

— Alan Gregg

If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in…

— John W. Gardner

“The mass of society is made up of morbid thinkers, and miserable workers. Now it is only by labour that thought can be made…

— John Ruskin

The more opportunities there are in a Society for some persons to live upon the toil of others, and the less those others may…

— Anders Chydenius

“Cynics have observed that those who have benefited the most from “progress”—the citizens of the First World—are the people most inclined to disdain it.…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really superior man…

— John Stuart Mill

“Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance, it seems…

— Hannah Arendt

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is…

— Deepak Chopra