Competition Quote by John Bates Clark

“When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.” quote by John Bates Clark — Download Open image

“When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.”

John Bates Clark

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