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"The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital."
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"I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me."

"Anarchists prepare for social revolution and use every means- speech, writing, or deed, whichever is more to the point - to accelerate revolutionary development."

"Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living."

"Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development."

"Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development."

"Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses."

"I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade."

"Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly."

"Advocates of unrestricted abortion do not want the public to focus on these undeniable facts of fetal development, but the facts cannot be ignored."

"What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity."
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"The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay."


"Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual."


"The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous."


"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."


"I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property."


"If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control."


"Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work."


"Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life."


"We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate by an aggregation of capital, and a systematic application of it under the direction of competent men."
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