Logo
Quote by Leland Stanford
Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared t

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive. – Leland Stanford

Other quotes by Leland Stanford

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. – Leland Stanford

Category:
Government
Author
Leland Stanford
Read Quote

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring men themselves possess sufficient intelligence to organize into co-operative relation and enjoy the entire benefits of their own labor. – Leland Stanford

Category:
Intelligence
Author
Leland Stanford
Read Quote

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce. – Leland Stanford

Category:
Knowledge
Author
Leland Stanford
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Science
category

But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths. – Michael Shermer

Category:
Science

But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction. – Joseph Rotblat

Category:
Science

Usually, girls werent encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college. – Ellen Ochoa

Category:
Science

In general, science journalism concerns itself with what has been published in a handful of peer-reviewed journals – Nature, Cell, The New England Journal of Medicine – which set the agenda. – Michael Pollan

Category:
Science

Random Quotes

Its a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, its man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think theyre two different things. – Vera Farmiga

Category:
Faith

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

Category:
Society

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. – Gertrude Stein

Category:
Money

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it. – Laurence Sterne

Category:
Life