"Just as there can be little doubt that labor unions are a significant political force, neither can there be much question that this political force is a by-product of the purely industrial activities that unions regard as their major function."

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Source : Mancur OLSON (2009). “THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION”, p.136, Harvard University Press

Mancur Olson

#Political Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Unions Quotes

“I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.”

Source : Karl Raimund Popper (2002). “Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge”, p.464, Psychology Press
“Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.”
“The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about whats in style, whats current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.”

Source : "On Living Merrily and Trusting Good Verses" by Robert Pinsky, bigthink.com.
“For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because infinitely wider.”
“If Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything in recent history, it is the unpredictability of war and that these things are easier to get into than to get out of, and, frankly, the facile way in which too many people talk about, 'Well, let's just go attack them.”
“If somebody doesn't have enough judgment to be able to look at plastic surgery and realize how phony it is, then they can't be helped.”
“I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.”
“We often feed the critic gourmet meals and starve the rest.”

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