He’d gone to Walden in the hope of achievement. There, of course, he failed because in a free economy… — Murray Leinster
He’d gone to Walden in the hope of achievement. There, of course, he failed because in a free economy industrialists consider that freedom is the privilege to be stupid without penalty. In other than free economies, of course, stupidity is held to be the duty of administrators. But Hoddan now believed himself in the fascinating situation of having knowledge and abilities which were needed by people who knew their need.
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There was a beautiful row. You’ve really scared people, Hoddan! You deserve well of the republic! Every government and every person needs to be thoroughly terrified occasionally. It limbers up the brain.
He irritably suspected himself of a tendency to make enemies unnecessarily.
The hearts of the rich are hardened. The existence of the poor is a reproach to them.
