William Graham Sumner Quotes

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.

- William Graham Sumner

Tags

Throw | Attention | Utterly | Idle | Question |

comments powered by Disqus

Random

There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors. - William Graham Sumner

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques formed on special interests and saving the public from raids of plunderers. - William Graham Sumner

Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of a new State. - William Graham Sumner