Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins quotes
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“Hume develops his arguments by a series of models. He doesn't call them models in the pretentious way in which we envelope, very often, pure banalities in this jargon”
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“Economics brings into view that conflict of choice is one of the permanent characteristics of human existence.”
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“Economics brings into full view that conflict of choice which is one of the permanent characteristics of human existence.”
-- Lionel Robbins, Baron RobbinsSource : "An essay on the nature & significance of economic science".
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“Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.”
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“I confess to considerable doubts about the eventual stability of democracy, unless buttressed by constitutional safeguards and a general climate of opinion which thoroughly understands the case for liberty in general”
-- Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
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“I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope”
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“For most men, life is a search for the proper Manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.”
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“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”
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“Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.”
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