“A good household manager, but not fit to meddle in the affairs of kings.”

“Economics is just like managing your household.”

“Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.”

“3064. Be not always hot, and hasty in managing thy Affairs. Prudent Pauses forward Business : There is sometimes more Skill shewed by a Physician in not Prescribing, than in Prescribing. And there is no better Remedy for some Diseases, than to let them alone : for unseasonable meddling with them, may hinder their proceeding to a Crisis, and at long Run they will mend of themselves.”

“Worship without a symbol, a garden without a source of water, and the household affairs of one without a woman, all these are doomed to fail.”

“The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.”

“Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.”

“The executive of the modern State is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.”

“To conduct of government business… [is similar to the] conduct of the affairs of any other social organization, commercial, philanthropic, religious, or educational, in all of which good management is recognized as an element essential to success.”

“This state of affairs is not an inevitable consequence of a decreased capacity to produce wealth. I see no reason why, with good management, real wages need be reduced on the average. It is the consequence of a misguided monetary policy.”