God showers upon us his gifts-more than enough for all; But like swine scrambling for food, we tread them in the mire, and rend each other.

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

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

He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of human knowledge, or gives to human life higher elevation or greater fullness - he is, in the larger meaning of the words, a " producer," a " working man," a " laborer," and is honestly earning honest wages.

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.

The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act.

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