Browsing Quotes With Tag: debt (5)
-
Debt peonage, it would appear, is far more likely to inspire outrage and collective action than is a system premised on pure inequality.
Speaker: David GraeberSource: Debt: The First 5,000 YearsPosted: 10 Nov 2014 at 11:24 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Through most of history, when overt political conflict between classes did appear, it took the form of pleas for debt cancellation, the freeing of those in bondage, and usually a more just reallocation of the land.
Speaker: David GraeberSource: Debt: The First 5,000 YearsPosted: 10 Nov 2014 at 11:23 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.
Speaker: Will RogersPosted: 10 Nov 2014 at 10:46 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To borrowing and lending there is more than the passing of gold from the hands of one to the hands of another
Speaker: George S. ClasonSource: Richest Man in BabylonPosted: 22 Aug 2011 at 3:56 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“Now, let’s get something straight: you are not in my debt. Impossible – because I never do anything I don’t want to. Nor does anyone, but in my case I know it. So please don’t invent a debt that does not exist, or next you will be trying to feel gratitude – and that is the treacherous first step toward complete moral degradation.”
Speaker: Robert HeinleinPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 10:52 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!