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“I deny the very existence of that Almighty Supreme Being.”
― Why I am an Atheist
― Why I am an Atheist
“You are fighting to get sixteen annas from your enemy, you get only one anna. Pocket it and fight for the rest. What we note in the moderates is of their ideal. They start to achieve on anna and they can't get it. The revolutionaries must always keep in mind that they are striving for a complete revolution. Complete mastery of power in their hands.”
― To Young Political Workers
― To Young Political Workers
“The motivation for taking on debt is to buy assets or claims rising in price. Over the past half-century the aim of financial investment has been less to earn profits on tangible capital investment than to generate “capital” gains (most of which take the form of debt-leveraged land prices, not industrial capital). Annual price gains for property, stocks and bonds far outstrip the reported real estate rents, corporate profits and disposable personal income after paying for essential non-discretionary spending, headed by FIRE [Finance, Insurance, Real Estate]-sector charges.”
― The Bubble and Beyond
― The Bubble and Beyond
“Rebellion against king is always a sin according to every religion.”
― Why I am an Atheist
― Why I am an Atheist
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