Quote#World
It is a mistake to think that social progress is to depend upon…
Quote byMary Parker Follett · 1868–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The New State, 1918, p. 117. Chapter XIV: "The Group Principle at Work".
English (original)
It is a mistake to think that social progress is to depend upon anything happening to the working people: some say that they are to be given more material goods and all will be well; some think they are to be given more "education" and the world will be saved. It is equally a mistake to think that what we need is the conversion to "unselfishness" of the capitalist class.
— Mary Parker Follett
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