Brett

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
― William James

“The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual; the impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.”
― William James

“Freedom is merely privilege extended
Unless enjoyed by one and all.

- The Internationale”
― Billy Bragg, A Lover Sings: Selected Lyrics

“…since its founding fathers, the United States has always been torn between two traditions, the activist policies of Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) and Thomas Jefferson’s (1743–1826) maxim that ‘the government that governs least, governs best’. With time and usual American pragmatism, this rivalry has been resolved by putting the Jeffersonians in charge of the rhetoric and the Hamiltonians in charge of policy. Erik Reinert (2007, 23)”
― Mariana Mazzucato, The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths