"The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover……" — Isabel Paterson
"The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which men have the power to help themselves. The humanitarian puts himself in the place of God."
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Isabel Paterson
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30 Quotes by Isabel Paterson
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The military state is the final form to which every planned economy tends rapidly.
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An abstraction will move a mountain: Nothing can withstand an idea.
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