"The true law of economics is chance,..." - Quote by Karl Marx
The true law of economics is chance, and we learned people arbitrarily seize on a few moments and establish them as laws.
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“...the realm of freedom does not commence until the point is passed where labor under the compulsion of necessity and of external utility is required.”
“Language is as old as consciousness, language is practical, real consciousness that exists for other men as well, and only therefore does it also exist for me; language, like consciousness, only arises from the need, the necessity, of intercourse with other men.”
“Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.”
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“Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.”
“Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.”
“The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.”
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“Sometimes you just try things and they happen.”
“When I contemplated purpose I also contemplated chance and foolishness.”
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