Archive for Sir Ernest Benn
The Profit Motive
The world of politics just like other worlds is governed by fashion, and the fashion of the moment is to deprecate profit. There is no recognised political party with a word to say for profit.* In the recent Presidential Election Mr. Willkie got as near as he dared to a defence of the profit system, [...]
1Aug1960 | Sir Ernest Benn | 2 comments | ContinuedSocialism Is a Disease
I understand that in the United States there are still those who think that the machinery of government can be used as a substitute for personal responsibility on the part of the governed. This idea, as we know only too well in Britain, is the open road to disaster. It changes persons with responsibilities [...]
1Nov1959 | Sir Ernest Benn | 0 comments | Continued-
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