People do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best serves their own interests. Neither love nor charity nor any other sympathetic sentiments but rightly understood selfishness is what originally impelled man to adjust himself to the requirements of society, to respect the rights and freedoms of his fellow men and to substitute peaceful collaboration for enmity and conflict.
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The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom--they are the pillars of society.
The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom--they are the pillars of society.
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You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.
You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death
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There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
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