Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Henry Charles Carey
Born: December 15, 1793
Died: October 13, 1879 (aged 85)
Bio: Henry Charles Carey was a leading 19th-century economist of the American School of capitalism, and chief economic adviser to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Known for:
- Principles of social science (1858)
- The slave trade, domestic and foreign (1853)
- Manual of social science (1865)