As Mazzini said ... it is around the standard of duty rather than around the standard of self-interest that men must rally to win the rights of man. And herein may we see the deep philosophy of Him who bade men love their neighbors as themselves. In that spirit, and in no other, is the power to solve social problems and carry civilization onward.

Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions.

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.

That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.

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

The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.