Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes.

As long as there is poverty there will be gods.

We teach more by what we are than by what we teach.

The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive to stir individuals and groups to productivity. Substitutes like slavery, police supervision, or ideological enthusiasm prove too unproductive, too expensive, or too transient.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

History seldom destroys that which does not deserve to die; and the burning of the tares makes for the next sowing a richer soil.

History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.