2 Quotes & Sayings By Trouble And Strife

Trouble and Strife was originally published in 1976 by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Stuart Chase originally wrote the book at the request of President Ford. The book was inspired by a conversation Ford had with a man named Charles Hartshorne, who came to Ford as a last minute replacement for James M. Buchanan, who had been scheduled to address the 1976 Republican Convention but was unable to do so because he died of a heart attack one week before the convention Read more

On the evening before his death, Buchanan had dinner with Chase and said: “The two most important problems facing our country today, and probably for decades to come, are: One: how to find and train people who have the right spirit and attitudes; and two: how to train people in economics so that they will be able to help everyone discover what is good for them.” (Buchanan, quoted in "Trouble and Strife" .)