William Graham Sumner

If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#country #ever #live #run #you

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#boon #earth #gift #land #often

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#doctrines #exaggerated #goes #individual #jealousy

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#hard #men #plan #rare #routine

Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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