More From Douglass North
- "I was opposed to World War II, and indeed on June 22, 1941 when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union I suddenly found myself the lone supporter of peace since everybody else had, because of their communist beliefs, shifted over to become supporters of the war."
- "My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking."
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- "I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create."― Vincent Van Gogh
- "About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you’re fighting temptation."― Tom Wilson
- "For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life’s list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors."― Jeff Foxworthy