# Robert L. Heilbroner

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> It may strike us as odd that the idea of gain is a relatively modern one; we are schooled to believe that man is essentially an acquisitive creature and that left to himself he will behave as any self-respecting businessman would. The profit motive, we are constantly being told, is as old as man himself.
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> Nothing could be further from the truth.

p. 15 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-l-heilbroner/the-worldly-philosophers/it-may-strike.md)

Topics: [history](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/history.md), [greed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/greed.md)

> He who enlists a man's mind wields a power even greater than the sword or the scepter.

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-l-heilbroner/the-worldly-philosophers/he-who-enlists.md)

Topics: [power](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/power.md), [ideas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/ideas.md)

> The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society.

p. 123 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-l-heilbroner/the-worldly-philosophers/the-distribution-of-wealth.md)

Topics: [law](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/law.md), [wealth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wealth.md)