Unfair Advantage Quotes

It is not enough that I succeed. Everyone else must fail.

God is always on the side of the big battalions.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

All amassing of wealth or hoarding of wealth above and beyond one's legitimate needs is theft.

You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.

Had [Clarence] Thomas been white, he never would have been nominated. The only reason he’s on the court is because he’s black.

It's not hard to be valuable when you are a monopoly.

It’s not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank.

The main thing is the ‘rule of corruption’: helping the horse both to race and also to get a mouthful of hay. It’s what all civil servants are secretly thinking. Our expectations for our civil servants are far too high, far too grandiose. The pressure is more than their flesh-and-blood bodies can stand.

Trouble is, we call politics a game, but it isn't one. There is no referee, and the teams make up the rules as they go along. You can't cry foul or offside in politics. Almost anything goes.

No man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him.

Monopolies are bad and deserve their reputation when things are static and the monopolies function as toll collectors... But I think they're quite positive when they're dynamic and do something new.

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Much publishing is done through politics, friends, and natural stupidity.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Proprietary software is an injustice.

The lion shall lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won’t get much sleep.

Malefactors of great wealth

I was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach people because I never had any evidence that I had firsthand knowledge of.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

The world belongs to the wealthy, and nowhere is this injustice more apparent than in the workplace.

Whatever we do, whatever our backgrounds, we've all had some kind of advantage somewhere along the way. Some break that might have gone to someone else. Some edge or inside track we couldn't have counted on.

I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first. - Ender

… the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.