Carolina QuotesThe bourgeoisie first betrayed society through capitalism and finance, and now labor betrays it by embracing a scheme of things which sees profit only, not duty and honor, in work. This view will seem hopelessly unrealistic to those who do not admit that sentiment toward the whole is the only ultimate means of measuring value.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
p. 75
- work
- Ideas have Consequences (1948)
- year
- 1948
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- p. 75
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