Poverty Is Uncomfortable; But Nine Times Out

It Would Convert The Treasury Of The United States Into A Manufactory Of Paper Money. It Makes The House Of Representatives And The Senate, Or The Caucus Of The Party Which Happens To Be In The Majority, The Absolute Dictator Of The Financial And Business Affairs Of This Country. This Scheme Surpasses All The Centralism And All The Caesarism That Were Ever Charged Upon The Republican Party In The Wildest Days Of The War Or In The Events Growing Out Of The War.

Most Human Organizations That Fall Short Of Their Goals Do So Not Because Of Stupidity Or Faulty Doctrines, But Because Of Internal Decay And Rigidification.

Suicide Is Not A Remedy

Statistical Science Is Indispensable To Modern Statesmanship. In Legislation As In Physical Science It Is Beginning To Be Understood That We Can Control Terrestrial Forces Only By Obeying Their Laws. The Legislator Must Formulate In His Statutes Not Only The National Will, But Also Those Great Laws Of Social Life Revealed By Statistics.

The Divorce Between Church And State Ought To Be Absolute. It Ought To Be So Absolute That No Church Property Anywhere, In Any State Or In The Nation, Should Be Exempt From Equal Taxation; For If You Exempt The Property Of Any Church Organization, To That Extent You Impose A Tax Upon The Whole Community.