Cause and effect Quote by Howard Zinn

“While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.”

— Steven Pressfield

“These monopolies, and many more, gave individuals or groups the sole right to control the production of many goods. They impeded the type of…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“unredeemed men are leading the vast majority of the earth.”

— Stuart Greaves

“Because elites dominating extractive institutions fear creative destruction, they will resist it, and any growth that germinates under extractive institutions will be ultimately short…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“That is why it could happen anywhere, given the right ingredients: particular people in government, competing with others- or with each other- over natural…

— Clea Koff

“Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not all underdeveloped…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are men who want crops…

— Frederick Douglass

“In these our degenerate times, men bent on nothing but vainglory and personal gain – hollow, bombastic men for whom nothing is off-limits if…

— Salman Rushdie

“Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“But history tells us that monopolies that are truly benevolent and effective are rare.”

— Michael E. Porter

“Just as order works itself from out of the chaos, decentralization and diversification is able to unite the world.”

— VD

“Sometimes the fate of an entire nation can hinge on the integrity of one man.”

— Mark Bowden