There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject.

I have lived through the best years of this country's history. The next generations are going to see war and social calamities. I am glad I don't have to live on into them.

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land.

It is not the function of the State to make men happy. They must make themselves happy in their own way, and at their own risk. The functions of the State lie entirely in the conditions or chances under which the pursuit of happiness is carried on.

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.