Occupation: Economist Birth: May 23, 1914 Death: May 31, 1981
Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life..
In the home we make certain distinctions about functions of rooms and corridors; we do not deliver the groceries straight into the baby's crib. In ho….
[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set the processes of mode….
the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century..
It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them..
It is a truism that one person who wants something is a hundred times stronger than a hundred who want to be left alone..
The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the press and camer….
If a man has lived in a tradition which tells him that nothing can be done about his human condition, to believe that progress is possible may well b….
There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done..