#enterprise

The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards. ↗

— Titus Livius

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Enterprise Washington is economic development in areas of high unemployment around the state of Washington. ↗

— Mike Lowry

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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Making a book is such a big enterprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

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Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish. ↗

— Bill Owens

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