I propose to beg no question to shrink from no conclusion, but to follow truth wherever it may lead.

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

Whoever becomes imbued with a noble idea kindles a flame from which other torches are lit, and influences those with whom he comes in contact, be they few or many. How far that influence, thus perpetuated, may extend, it is not given to him here to see.

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

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

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.

Abolish all taxation save that upon land values.