It is denied that any limit can be set to governmental activity.

From the standpoint of modern political science the slave holders were right in declaring that liberty can be given only to those who have political capacity enough to use it, and they were also right in maintaining that two greatly unequal races cannot exist side by side on terms of perfect equality.

Rights are considered to have their source not in nature, but in law.

In speaking of natural rights, therefore, it is essential to remember that these alleged rights have no political force whatsoever, unless recognized and enforced by the state.

Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.

[R]ights do not belong to men simply as men, but because of the superior qualities, physical, intellectual, moral or political, which are characteristic of certain individuals or races.

It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.