The Forgotten Man... works, he votes, generally he prays-but he always pays-yes, above all, he pays. He does not want an office; his name never gets into the newspaper except when he gets married or dies. He keeps production going on.... He does not frequent the grocery or talk politics at the tavern. Consequently, he is forgotten.... All the burdens fall on him, or on her, for it is time to remember that the Forgotten Man is not seldom a woman.

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

What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

History is only a tiresome repetition of one story.

The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.