The First Thing A Man Will Do

We Always Plan Too Much And Always Think Too Little.

Capitalism Inevitably And By Virtue Of The Very Logic Of Its Civilization Creates, Educates And Subsidizes A Vested Interest In Social Unrest.

The Capitalist Engine Is First And Last An Engine Of Mass Production Which Unavoidably Also Means Production For The Masses. . . . It Is The Cheap Cloth, The Cheap Cotton And Rayon Fabric, Boots, Motorcars And So On That Are The Typical Achievements Of Capitalist Production, And Not As A Rule Improvements That Would Mean Much To The Rich Man. Queen Elizabeth Owned Silk Stockings. The Capitalist Achievement Does Not Typically Consist In Providing More Silk Stockings For Queens But In Bringing Them Within Reach Of Factory Girls.

I Know That It Is Not Enough To Be Remembered For Books And Theories. One Does Not Make A Difference Unless It Is A Difference In People's Lives.

It Is Not True That Democracy Will Always Safeguard Freedom Of Conscience Better Than Autocracy. Witness The Most Famous Of All Trials. Pilate Was, From The Standpoint Of The Jews, Certainly The Representative Of Autocracy. Yet He Tried To Protect Freedom. And He Yielded To A Democracy.