American - Businessman | November 18, 1886 - January 3, 1972
No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society.
Charles E. Wilson
GreatCommunismSocialismSociety
No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.
GoodTimeStupidDoingPlanPerson
A study of the history of wages back through the years indicates clearly that when the cost-of-living rises appreciably wages have shortly been adjusted upward also.
HistoryBackStudyYearsClearly
Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent.
FutureYouWealthDevelopmentLand
If workmen are denied any increase in real wages and they can look forward only to a better standard of living through reduction of prices, progress for them is terribly slow, and they become impatient and dissatisfied.
ProgressForwardSlowBetterLook
The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.
SimpleEnoughGoalWantingHeWants
No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments.
ThinkPressureWillNaiveOrganized
The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them.
CostRawPricesLabourMaterials
That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization.
TechnologyScienceOrganizationTools
There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.
WorkGoodPeopleRoadYouWant
Furthermore, the spirit of enterprise which had its first intellectual development in England has especially flourished here as well as throughout all of Canada, while the same spirit has become less virile in the land of its origin.
CanadaIntellectualBecomeLandSame
Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them.
GreatPeopleCanadaSpiritResources
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Charles E. Wilson quotes