The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than the furnace blast, is all in very deed for this — that we manufacture everything there except men. – John Ruskin
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. – John Ruskin
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. – John Ruskin
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. – John Ruskin
Colonial system, public debts, heavy taxes, protection, commercial wars, etc., these offshoots of the period of manufacture swell to gigantic proportions during the period of infancy of large-scale industry. The birth of the latter is celebrated by a vast, Hero-like slaughter of the innocents. – Karl Marx