Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson "Why Nations Fail" Quotes

“British democracy was not given by the elite. It was largely taken by the masses.”

“British democracy was not given by the elite. It was largely taken by the masses.”

“Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand” of the market. When the plan was formulated in tons of steel sheet, the sheet was made too heavy. When it was formulated in terms of area of steel sheet, the sheet was made too thin. When the plan for chandeliers was made in tons, they were so heavy, they could hardly hang from ceilings.”

“Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.”

“In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops.”

“My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.”

“James is all I have. I chose James. He has to be right. Please let him be right.”

“Your on the planet too. Why should James Bond have all the action, fun, money, and resort hotel living.”

“Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart.”

“The Cyber Shield Act could serve as a secure conduit to facilitate update and patch delivery"James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology”

“A picture is worth a thousand words, but the way I paint I'm going to need to contact an editor. Even if I were to abstractly paint the phrase "I love you," it would be the visual equivalent of Joyce's Ulysses.-James Lee Schmidt and Jarod Kintz”