“Socialism is the only political form that has democratic values.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Prussianism and Socialism (1919)
“Socialism is the only political form that has democratic values.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Paul Ormerod book The Death of Economics
Source: The Death of Economics (1994), Chapter 10, Economics Revisited, p. 206
“The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential.”
George Soros (1930) Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
"Can Europe Work? A Plan to Rescue the Union" in Foreign Affairs (September/October 1996)
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900) German socialist politician
No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)
Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994) American neuroscientist
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
Context: What is needed to break the vicious spiral is a world-wide change in attitudes, values, and social policy. As Einstein put it, "We need a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
“Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
This evokes Will Durant's famous summation of Aristotle: "Excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
2000s, The Powell Principles (2003)
Context: If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Walter Schellenberg (1910–1952) German general
To Leon Goldensohn (13 March 1946). Quoted in "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
Angela Merkel (1954) Chancellor of Germany
Speaking on the Radio Station Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland, as quoted in "Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration in society for Muslim women" http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/angela-merkel-says-burqa-incompatible-integration-society-muslim-women-1576944 by Callum Paton, International Business Times (19 August 2016). <br class="br">2016
“The only activities of true value are those which aim at inner transformation.”
Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer
Inspire Yourself