The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.
William Graham SumnerThe millionaires are a product of natural selection ... the naturally selected agents of society for certain work. They get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is a good one for society.
William Graham SumnerCivil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare.
William Graham SumnerThe taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches.
William Graham Sumner