The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.

What would happen to the individual if all the functions of the body were placed under the control of the consciousness is what would happen to a nation in which all individual activities were directed by government.

As it is with an individual, so it is with a nation. One must produce to have, or one will become a have-not.

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.

The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.

How many men are there who fairly earn a million dollars?

We have made, and still are making, enormous advances on material lines. It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines. Civilization, as it progresses, requires a higher conscience, a keener sense of justice, a warmer brotherhood, a wider, loftier, truer public spirit.