Improvements Quotes
Political conservatives have generally been very verbal in their attacks upon and criticisms of bureaucracy. And yet, bureaucrats are the epitome of conservatism in their outlook and mode of operation as is made clear by this quotation.
Paine, one of America’s founding fathers and the man most responsible for influencing Americans to revolt, is generally not given much attention in modern times. One of the main reasons was that his philosophy regarding land and land ownership is today considered socialist if not communist. Paine’s other views are mostly Apple pie American, but this is shocking to many Americans.
Karl Marx studied the Saint-Simon school of political philosophy. Note the similarity of the last sentence of this quotation to Marx’s Communist Manifesto.
The General wanted to make further improvements before manufacturing new assault craft.
The U. S. Federal Government was not necessary of required for progress in most of the country, thought it usually helped. In most States, there was decentralization—especially where there were cities which initiated many projects and created infrastructure—often in concert with local businesses or entrepreneurs. The largest public works and economic development project of this era was the Erie Canal, which the Federal Government did not think was feasible so NY State financed and built it themselves. This system worked well in the North and Midwest, but the South lagged far behind and had relatively few “undertakings.” The ones of the rest of the country were, to a European, amazing for their initiative, dynamism, and decentralization.
James Madison agreed on the importance of infrastructure but disagreed that the Congress had to Constitutional authority to spend federal money for an improvement in a state. See Quote 644277.
