Your favorite religious or political quote.

[gwb72tii]

You cannot help small men by tearing down big men

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independance

You cannot help men permanently by do doing for them what they could and should do for themselves


Abraham Lincoln

[z31maniac]

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer

So what do you think about the gap in American companies vs the rest of the world?

400:1 vs 20:1 or less for the rest of the world. For CEO's that is

[Dozyproductions]

Lincoln was a mason!

[BraveUlysses]

You cannot help small men by tearing down big men

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independance

You cannot help men permanently by do doing for them what they could and should do for themselves


Abraham Lincoln

"I didn't say any of that shit you fucking idiot" -Abraham Lincoln

[gwb72tii]

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts"

– Richard Feynman

[gwb72tii]

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
-Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

[pantelones]

“What need is there for responsibility? I believe, that the horrifying deterioration in the ethical conduct of people today, stems from the mechanization, and de-humanization of our lives. A disastrous byproduct of the scientific, and technical mentality; we-are-guilty. Man grows cold faster than the planet he inhabits.” – Albert Einstein

[gwb72tii]

Happiness is not having what you want but wanting what you have. So love your parents, and love your friend's parents too. Love them for their wisdom; love them for their driving-you-mad-by-treating-you-like-a-five-year-old; love them for the free babysitting and house sitting; love them for their frailty, which teaches us all some humility and humanity. They will live a good long time and lean heavily on us for support and, most of all, for love. And, in turn, we and our children will also be surrounded by love. In that world there is no rationing but only abundance.

Tim Hodgson of Towers Watson
quote from a research analysis on the probablilty of government rationing of retirement

[gwb72tii]

There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world
of finance. Past experience, to the extent that it is part of memory at all, is dismissed as the
primitive refuge of those who do not have insight to appreciate the incredible wonders of the
present.

- John Kenneth Galbraith

[Dozyproductions]

"... present systematic evidence that suggests there is a social upper class in the United States that is a ruling class by virtue of its dominant role in the economy and government. It will be shown that this ruling class is socially cohesive, has a basis in the large corporations and banks, plays a major role in shaping the social and political climate, and dominates the federal government through a variety of organizations and methods.

"The upper class as a whole does not do this ruling. Instead, class rule is manifested through the activities of a wide variety of organizations and institutions. These organizations and institutions are financed and directed by those members of the upper class who have the interest and ability to involve themselves in protecting and enhancing the privileged social position of their class. Leaders within the upper class join with high-level employees in the organizations they control to make up what will be called the power elite. This power elite is the leadership group of the upper class, for not all members of the upper class are members of the power elite and not all members of the power elite are members of the upper class. It is members of the power elite who take part in the processes that maintain the class structure."

G. William Domhoff

[gwb72tii]

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Plutarch
Greek historian 46-120AD

[herbivor]

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Plutarch
Greek historian 46-120AD

I would've thought Jesus said that...oh wait, no he probably said the exact opposite.

[gwb72tii]

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Oscar Wilde

[gwb72tii]

I would've thought Jesus said that...oh wait, no he probably said the exact opposite.

being charitable and purposely addicting the masses to free benefits are two different things......

[Dozyproductions]

Look outside the T.V.