We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation, but ask the government to prevent panics. Now the only way to hold the government entirely responsible for conditions is to give up our liberty for a dictatorship. If we continue the more reasonable practice of managing our own affairs we must bear the burdens of our own mistakes. A free people cannot shift their responsibility for them to the government. Self-government means self-reliance.

There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive, they tend to disappear.

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more.

If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry should soon be expected. Our forefathers were alert to resist all encroachments upon their rights. If we wish to maintain our rights, we can do no less.

Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.