
“It is better to be making the news than taking it. ”
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War (1898), Chapter VIII.
Early career years (1898–1929)
“It is better to be making the news than taking it. ”
“The function of logic in mathematics is critical rather than constructive.”
100 Years of Mathematics: a Personal Viewpoint (1981)
“It is better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.”
Managing, Chapter Ten (Acquisitions and Growth), p. 158.
“The term “leadership” connotes critical experience rather than routine practice.”
Source: Leadership in Administration: A Sociological Interpretation, 1957, p. 48
In The Globe and Mail newspaper (January 2007)
The Morton Downey Jr. Show, July 4, 1988 youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxDrfs4GtM&t=854
1980s
Context: Question: Your solutions, on stopping drug trade, is, give up, give up to world drugs. I say zero tolerance, we use the military for aid, we stop it from getting into the country, we cut it off at the source. Why give up on that fight?
Ron Paul: What we give up on is a tyrannical approach to solving a social and medical problem, and We endorse the idea of voluntarism, self-responsibility, family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion, it never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person, it can't make you follow good habits. Why don't they put you on a diet; you're a little overweight, and i think you need government help!
“The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
Variant: The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism
Source: The Power of Positive Thinking