"Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all."
— Attributed to John Maynard Keynes
Quote Archive
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it."
— Lord Acton
"There is an eerie sense of panic in the air, a silent fear and uncertainty that comes with once-reliable faiths and truths and solid institutions that are no longer safe to believe in..."
— Hunter S. Thompson
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."
— Mark Twain
"We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just shrug and admit they're dazed and confused. The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic."
— Hunter S. Thompson
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being."
— Carl Jung
"We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world."
— Tracy Chapman
"We are all one. Only egos, beliefs, and fears separate us."
— Nikola Tesla