Winston Churchill - Socialism Capitalism
March 16th, 2004 by“The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.”
- Sir Winston Churchill
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.”
- Sir Winston Churchill
“In making judgments, the Early Kings were perfect, because they made moral principles the starting point of all their undertakings and the root of everything that was beneficial. This principle, however, is something that persons of mediocre intellect never grasp. Not grasping it, they lack awareness, and lacking awareness, they pursue profit. But while they pursue profit, it is absolutely impossible for them to be certain of attaining it.”
- Lü Bu-wei 246BC, Chinese Prime Minister under Emperor Ying Zheng, The Annals of Lü Bu-wei, Lu Shi Chun Qiu
“Corporation, n., An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.”
- Ambrose Bierce
“We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.”
- Aristotle
“My snappy comeback to those who claim Macs are more expensive is:
That’s right, they are more expensive if your time has no value.”
— slashdot post
“A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous.”
- Ingrid Bergmen
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”
- Aristotle
“…at this point, im afraid my computers are going to cluster in my sleep, and fuckin go TRON on me”
- Gabriel Siegrist
“A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take risks, for godsake, let them get lost, sunburnt, stranded, drowned, eaten by bears, buried alive under avalanches - that is the right and privilege of any free American.”
- Edward Abbey
“Desire lends strength. Aspiration creates inspiration, which, for the artist, is the breath of life.”
- Edward Abbey
“Work as if you have no money. Love as if you have never been hurt. Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. And live everyday as if it were your last”
Anonymous
“When you own your own business, you only have to work half a day. You can do anything you want with the other twelve hours.”
- Anonymous.
“Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.”
- Yoda
“Don’t do drugs, don’t have unprotected sex, don’t be violent…leave that to me”
- Eminem
“There is more to life than increasing its speed”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”
- Ronald Reagan
“Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.”
- Hubert Humphrey
“The trouble with the French is, they have no word for entrepreneur”
- George Bush
“We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people….The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster.”
- Al Gore
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
- Arnold Schwartzenegger
“‘I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.’”
- Alanis Morissette
“Acting and music are two completely different art forms that complement each other. Modeling really pays the rent…. With acting, I get to be in different people’s shoes…. Music is where i get to be brutally honest with myself. I don’t need a director or a good script because it’s my life that I’m drawing from…”
- Milla Jovovich