The worker is by nature less imaginative, more level-headed than the capitalist. This is what prevents his becoming one. He is content with small gains. Trade Union officials think about the petty cash; the employer speculates in millions. You can see the difference in their representative institutions. There is no scheme too wild, no rumour too absurd, to be without repercussions on the Stock Exchange. The public house is the home of common sense.


"Dissenting Rivals: Urquhart and Cobden", p. 55. - The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)

A. J. P. Taylor Quotes

The worker is by nature less imaginative, more level-headed than the capitalist. This is what prevents his becoming one. He is content with small...

The worker is by nature less imaginative, more level-headed than the capitalist. This is what prevents his becoming one. He is content with small...

The worker is by nature less imaginative, more level-headed than the capitalist. This is what prevents his becoming one. He is content with small...

The worker is by nature less imaginative, more level-headed than the capitalist. This is what prevents his becoming one. He is content with small...