It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ideas drive history more than vested interests.
- In plain terms
- Thinking shapes the future more than money or power.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on ideas to create real change.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What idea changed your life?
- Are ideas or interests more powerful?
Another view
Interest groups often fund idea propagation.
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