If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts.

The taxing power is especially something after which the reformer's finger always itches.

The class distinctions simply result from the different degrees of success with which men have availed themselves of the chances which were presented to them. Instead of endeavoring to redistribute the acquisitions which have been made between the existing classes, our aim should be to increase, multiply, and extend the chances.

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life.

If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.

If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts.

We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.