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"Speech delivered by Harry Bridges to the Comstock Club of Sacramento, California on June 6, 1967"

— Harry Bridges

Politics1901–1990

#language

"Instead of the negative and relative stability of Cold War times, we all need positive stability based on collective interaction, an indifferently correct neighborhood is impossible on our continent. …"

— Sergey Lavrov

Politics1950–1910

#ethics

"Correctly conceived nothing in nature springs into existence suddenly all being subjected to the same law of gradual evolution. Realize but once the process of the maha cycle, of one sphere and you ha…"

— Morya

#science

"Writers after Coase have referred to the authority structure of the firm as a "visible hand" that works in combination with Smith's invisible hand. The everyday fact that employers exercise power over…"

— Samuel Bowles

Economics1939

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