#ten

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#boon #earth #gift #land #often

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#doctrines #exaggerated #goes #individual #jealousy

We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate by an aggregation of capital, and a systematic application of it under the direction of competent men. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#capital #competent #country #development #direction

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#could #done #idle #only #our

I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#business #command #dirty #fighting #go

We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style of thinking that splits information in two poles that makes us lose all the operative information we need to solve the problem. ↗

— Patricia Sun

#contend #fearful #feel #i #information

God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#christianity #church #devil #god #god almighty

If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#good #hell #many #money #obtaining

And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don't know me yet. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#frighten #going #know #me #think

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#even #first #frighten #her #praising