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Quotations
 | Politics is the art of using people. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 13 likes |
 | The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. — Pliny the Elder, 23-79 μ.X., Roman natural philosopher 13 likes |
 | When feudalism was overthrown and “free” capitalist society appeared in the world, it became apparent that this freedom meant a new system of oppression and exploitation of the working people. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 13 likes |
| The so-called Great Powers have long been exploiting and enslaving a whole number of small and weak nations. And the imperialist war is a war for the division and redivision of this kind of booty. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 11 likes |
 | Capital is dead labor, that vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks. — Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German philosopher 9 likes |
 | Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others. — George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher 9 likes |
 | Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 6 likes |
 | Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is the exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1809-1865, French anarchist 6 likes |
| When violence is exercised by the working people, by the mass of exploited against the exploiters — then we are for it! — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 5 likes |
 | You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory. — Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian 5 likes |
 | Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 5 likes |
 | The Superior Man is aware of righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 4 likes |
 | If people could put rainbows in zoos, they’d do it. — Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist 3 likes |
 | Intelligence consists not in handling intelligent ideas, but in handling any idea intelligently. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
 | Civilization is an enormous device for economizing on knowledge. — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 1 likes |
| People who think that they are being “exploited” should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people would say: “Good riddance”? — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 1 likes |
 | If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you. — Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, American boxer 1 likes |
 | Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it. — Bruce Lee, 1940-1973, Chinese-American actor 1 likes |
 | As bees gather honey, so we collect what is sweetest out of all things, and build. — Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet 1 likes |
 | The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 1 likes |
 | Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods. — W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet 1 likes |
 | Make the most of the best and the least of the worst. — Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer 1 likes |
| Politics is the art of harnessing the passions of others for your own benefit. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 1 likes |
 | The creative act does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, reshuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, and skills. — Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer 1 likes |
 | No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers. — Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer 1 likes |
 | I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot. — Ingmar Bergman, 1918 - 2007, Swedish filmmaker 1 likes |
| The key feature of Communist propaganda has been the depiction of people who are more productive as mere exploiters of others. — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 1 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you? — Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright 1 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man, while Marxism is the opposite. — Henri Jeanson, 1900-1970, French critic & columnist 10 likes |
Proverbs
 | Since the house is on fire, let’s keep ourselves warm. 6 likes |
 | At war as at war. A la guerre comme a la guerre. 5 likes |
 | All is fish that comes to his net. 4 likes |
| What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 4 likes |
