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.
William Graham SumnerIn the New Testament it is taught that willing and voluntary service to others is the highest duty and glory in human life. . . . The men of talent are constantly forced to serve the rest. They make the discoveries and inventions, order the battles, write the books, and produce the works of art. The benefit and enjoyment go to the whole. There are those who joyfully order their own lives so that they may serve the welfare of mankind.
William Graham SumnerWe shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.
William Graham Sumner