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484 Economist Quotes

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

Reason Form Always Reasonable
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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

Help Truth Hear Want
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If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.

Joy Work Life Chosen
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For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

World Object Bureaucrat Him
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Keep people from their history, and they are easily controlled.
Keep History Easily Controlled
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Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.

Science Time Incorporate Natural
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The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Peace Absence Opposition Socialism
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

Knows Hsitory Social Fair
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May the devil take these peoples movements, especially when they are 'peaceful'.

Devil People Movements Peaceful
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The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.

Ideas Class Epoch Ruling
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Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.
Ideas Direct Emanations State
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Wages are determined by the bitter struggle between capitalist and worker.

Wages Determined Bitter Between
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Women Progress Community Progress
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Impossibility only happens in the brain.

Impossibility Only Happens Brain
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The state is captive to vested interests.

State Captive Vested Interests
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Leadership is a journey and it occurs at every stage.
Stage Journey Occurs Leadership
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In leadership, no knowledge gained is lost.

Gained Gain Lost Knowledge
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The difference between a successful and non-successful leader is the quality of decisions you make.

Between Leader Decisions Quality
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Leadership is first among equals. It goes with humility.
Humility Among Equals First
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If you want to become Steve Jobs … take it one step at a time.

Become Want Step Time
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Everything I have today is because of Africa, I was born here, went to school here, I work here and I’m achieving some level of financial comfort here.

Today Comfort Financial Work
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A true leader is one who remains committed to a higher purpose that most others do not yet see.

Purpose Leader True Remains
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It won’t be easy, but nothing worth having ever is.
Ever Easy Nothing Worth
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Therefore, whatever course you choose to take in the services of others, be guided by the goal of unleashing the inherent potential that resides in each and every one of us.

Course Services Guided Goal
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The best way to help Africans today is to help them stand on their feet. And the best way to do that is by creating jobs.

Best Help Feet Creating
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Those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So, if you want to be in Africa, think about investing.

Forever Miss Boat Africa
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When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.
Doing Job Handbag Come
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Learn to manage success. Very often when people or countries succeed, they forget what made them successful.

Manage Success People Forget
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No one can do it for you, you have to do it yourself.

One Can You Yorself
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I’m an African optimist. That doesn’t mean I don’t get frustrated by the obstacles I face, but I see those things as opportunities.

African Mean Obstacles Those
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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
Firstly Indians Lastly
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Life should be great rather than long.
Great Life Long Rather
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

Different Eminent Great Man
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Achieve Avail Freedom Law
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

Body Gets Law Medicine
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Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

Both Die Idea Men
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.

Come End India Integrated
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
Between Closest Friends Husband
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
Equality Fraternity Liberty Like
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
Aim Cultivation Existence Human
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Compared Courageous Government Man
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Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

Admit Another Class Country
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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

Alone Being Born Development
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What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.

Conflict Discrimination Full Fundamental
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.

Conviction Discontent Enough Importance
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Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Act Cannot Ceases Essence
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Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.

Constitution Denies Different Embodied
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

Always Been Come Compel
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A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

Based Ethics Good Held
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Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of abolition of untouchability alone without trying to abolish the inequalities inherent in the caste system is a rather low aim.

Abolish Abolition Aim Alone
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