The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in the penitentiary or the poor house.

The State, it cannot be too often repeated, does nothing and can give nothing which it does not take from somebody. The Forgotten Man works and votes -generally he prays-but his chief business in life is to pay.

What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?

Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society.

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.

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.

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