"A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in……" — Thorstein Veblen

"A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade."

— Thorstein Veblen

Conspiracy Quotes Libertarian Quotes Protective Quotes Protective Tariff Quotes Restraint Quotes Tariff Quotes Tariffs Quotes Trade Quotes Typical Quotes

36 Quotes by Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Veblen has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem…
In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain,…
Loud dress becomes offensive to people of taste, as evincing an undue desire to reach and impress the untrained sensibilities…
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and…
The visible imperfections of hand-wrought goods, being honorific, are accounted marks of superiority in point of beauty, or serviceability, or…
There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum.
Invention is the mother of necessity.
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence…
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost, and at any risk to the…
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

See all 36 quotes by Thorstein Veblen »

More Conspiracy Quotes

This quote is filed under Conspiracy Quotes, one of 334 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

People love conspiracy theories. — Neil Armstrong
A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum - the professional partisans, the… — John Avlon
Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against… — James A. Baldwin
Fear is the foundation of most governments. — John Adams
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. — Jeremy Bentham
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. — John Buchan
We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy… — John le Carre
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book… — Harlan Coben
Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and… — Martin Amis
From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

See all 334 Conspiracy Quotes »