"Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety."

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Source : "Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics". Book by George Reisman, 1995.

George Reisman

#People Quotes #Safety Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Once you realize there is a Higher Power, you know you're not alone, that you have a purpose on the planet. You control your destiny instead of letting the day lead you where it may. You seize it, take it and lead it.”
“Once war becomes a clash of absolutes, there is no breathing room for mercy. Absolute truth is blind truth.”
“Instead of a bottom-line based on money and power, we need a new bottom-line that defines productivity and creativity as where corporations, governments, schools, public institutions, and social practices are judged as efficient, rational and productive not only to the extent they maximize money and power, but to the extent they maximize love and caring, ethical and ecological sensitivity, and our capacities to respond with awe and wonder at the grandeur of creation.”
“Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.”
“Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.”
“a real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves”
“The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually, to help each other on the basis of each other's equal worth. A selfish society is a contradiction in terms.”
“More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries”

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