A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, an…

- Robert Trout

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

- Robert Trout

From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nati…

- Robert Trout

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jeffe…

- Robert Trout

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

- Robert Trout

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplu…

- Robert Trout

The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.

- Robert Trout

At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by pat…

- Robert Trout

The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.

- Robert Trout