Every attempt, by whatever authority, to fix a maximum of productive labor by a given worker in a given time is an unjust restriction upon his freedom and a limitation of his right to make the most of himself in order that he may rise in the scale of the social and economic order in which he lives. The notion that all human beings born into this world enter at birth into a definite social and economic classification, in which classification they must remain permanently through life, is wholly false and fatal to a progressive civilization.
The old world order changed when this war-storm broke. The old international order passed away as suddenly, as unexpectedly, and as completely as if … - Nicholas Murray Butler
The old world order changed when this war-storm broke. The old international order passed away as suddenly, as unexpectedly, and as completely as if …
- Nicholas Murray Butler
What society needs is broad men sharpened to a point. - Nicholas Murray Butler
What society needs is broad men sharpened to a point.
Fundamentally, the force that rules the world is conduct, whether it be moral or immoral. If it is moral, at least there may be hope for the world. I… - Nicholas Murray Butler
Fundamentally, the force that rules the world is conduct, whether it be moral or immoral. If it is moral, at least there may be hope for the world. I…
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. - Nicholas Murray Butler
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail. - Nicholas Murray Butler
Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail.
The limited liability corporation is the greatest single invention of modern times. - Nicholas Murray Butler
The limited liability corporation is the greatest single invention of modern times.
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. - Nicholas Murray Butler
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notio… - Nicholas Murray Butler
I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notio…
Optimism is the foundation of courage. - Nicholas Murray Butler
Optimism is the foundation of courage.
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