Economic Competition Quotes
At the beginning of the Battle of Britain, it appeared that England would not be able to hold out against Germany. King was asked by Roosevelt to try and persuade British officials that if they sued for peace that they would not turn over the British fleet to the Germans but would convey it to Canada. Such an act would have produced serious retribution by the Germans.
Although a very learned man, Walker was paranoid about Immigration. In this quotation he actually tried to argue that Americans would actually be more reluctant to have children if those children have to grow up and compete with immigrants. It seems funny to us today, but at the time, with few Americans educated, men like Walker had credibility even when they were absurd. No one else, even the most paranoid nativists ever suggested that immigration reduced the fertility rate of the existing American population. The lower fertility rates have always been associated with more affluence and the existence of a social safety net, where for most immigrants, conditions in their countries of origin realistically made their children the only social security and social safety net that they had.
Vladimir Lenin. This quotation sheds light on two points. Russian industry 4 years after the Revolution was in terrible shape—especially at the managerial level. A plan was devised to import volunteer American managers to help run Russian factories and other enterprises—an early type of Peace Corps. In addition it shows that the Russian Leadership understood this problem and were, even then, committed to trying to reach and exceed the standards of Western capitalism.
