William Graham Sumner Quotes



Best Other Quotes by William Graham Sumner

“A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be... The law of survival of the fittest was not made by man, and it cannot be abrogated by man. We can only, by interfering with it, produce the survival of the unfittest.”

“Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life.”

“If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.”

“Quit day trading, and donate your money to charity instead. Same financial result for you, and a better outcome for society.”

“There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.”

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