“ The world belongs to the strong—to the strong who are noble as well and who do not wallow in the swine-trough of trade and exchange. ”
Jack London, Martin Eden (1909). copy citation
Author | Jack London |
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Source | Martin Eden |
Topic | trade exchange |
Date | 1909 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1056/1056-h/1056-h.htm |
Context
“I look to the state for nothing. I look only to the strong man, the man on horseback, to save the state from its own rotten futility.”
“Nietzsche was right. I won’t take the time to tell you who Nietzsche was, but he was right. The world belongs to the strong—to the strong who are noble as well and who do not wallow in the swine-trough of trade and exchange. The world belongs to the true nobleman, to the great blond beasts, to the noncompromisers, to the ‘yes-sayers.’ And they will eat you up, you socialists—who are afraid of socialism and who think yourselves individualists.”
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