Man must be doing something, or fancy that he is doing something, for in him throbs the creative impulse; the mere basker in the sunshine is not a natural, but an abnormal man.

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.

It is not from top to bottom that societies die; it is from bottom to top.

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciation; by the formation of parties, or the making of revolutions; but by the awakening of thought and the progress of ideas. Until there be correct thought, there cannot be right action; and when there is correct thought, right action will follow.

What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.

There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.