The First Thing A Man Will Do

The First Thing A Man Will Do For His Ideals Is Lie.

Pessimistic Visions About Almost Anything Always Strike The Public As More Erudite Than Optimistic Ones

Things Economic And Social Move By Their Own Momentum And The Ensuing Situations Compel Individuals And Groups To Behave In Certain Ways Whatever They May Wish To Do-not Indeed By Destroying Their Freedom Of Choice But By Shaping The Choosing Mentalities And By Narrowing The List Of Possibilities From Which To Choose.

Want And Effective Demand Are Not The Same Thing. If They Were, The Poorest Nations Would Be The Ones To Display The Most Vigorous Demand.

Surely, Nothing Can Be More Plain Or Even More Trite Common Sense Than The Proposition That Innovation [...] Is At The Center Of Practically All The Phenomena, Difficulties, And Problems Of Economic Life In Capitalist Society.