Quote by Thomas Sowell

“the railroad and the steamship affected not only industry and commerce, but also the lives of millions of ordinary people.”

— Thomas Sowell

“Lack of harmony and cooperation between the railroad management and the workers has made it necessary for the railroads to increase their freight and…

— Napoleon Hill

“Whether people are united by navigable waterways or cut off by rugged mountains or other geographical barriers has enormous cultural as well as economic…

— Thomas Sowell

Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expence of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level…

— Adam Smith

“There were railroads in the wilderness now; people who used to go overland by carriage or horseback to the River landings for the Memphis…

— William Faulkner

Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an…

— Christian Lous Lange

“It is hard to make railroading pleasant in any country. It is too tedious.”

— Mark Twain

“Some have speculated that had he succeeded, the road, not the railway, might have remained the conventional way to travel, that the runaway expansion…

— David McKie

“Conglomerations of factories gave rise to the new industrial cities. Steam engines were later applied to mobile uses – the railway and steamship ushered…

— Edward A. Hudson

“We have all heard a great deal about the opportunities of bygone years. We envy the men who discovered and settled the West. We…

— F.C. Minaker

“The trains roared in on iron rails, bringing people from places he had never seen, taking them away to places he had only heard…

— Victoria Wilcox

“At the industry level this process went, for example, from cotton, tobacco and wheat through railroads and automobiles, household appliances and electrical goods, to…

— Edward A. Hudson