Fali Sam Nariman (1929) Indian politician
When he appeared in the Second Judges Case in the the Supreme Court Nariman which he won.
Fali S. Nariman, ‘Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
Fali Sam Nariman (1929) Indian politician
When he appeared in the Second Judges Case in the the Supreme Court Nariman which he won.
Fali S. Nariman, ‘Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
“When the man who ought to want a stock doesn't want it, why should I want it?”
Edwin Lefèvre book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter XVII, p. 211
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host
1990s, 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997), p. 88, Epilogue
James Madison (1751–1836) 4th president of the United States (1809 to 1817)
Statement (26 June 1787) as quoted in Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/yates.asp by Robert Yates <br class="br">1780s <br class="br">Context: The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge the wants or feelings of the day-laborer. The government we mean to erect is intended to last for ages. The landed interest, at present, is prevalent; but in process of time, when we approximate to the states and kingdoms of Europe, — when the number of landholders shall be comparatively small, through the various means of trade and manufactures, will not the landed interest be overbalanced in future elections, and unless wisely provided against, what will become of your government? In England, at this day, if elections were open to all classes of people, the property of landed proprietors would be insecure. An agrarian law would soon take place. If these observations be just, our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation. Landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body; and to answer these purposes, they ought to have permanency and stability.
Peter de Noronha (1897–1970) Indian businessman
The Pageant of Life (1964), On Planning for a Better World
“Man proposes, and God disposes.”
Ludovico Ariosto book Orlando Furioso
Ordina l'uomo e Dio dispone.
Canto XLVI, stanza 35
Orlando Furioso (1532)
“Man proposes, but God disposes.”
Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit.
Thomas à Kempis book The Imitation of Christ
Book I, ch. 19.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)