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

Quote by William Graham Sumner

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All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power...

All history is only one long story to this effect: men have struggled for power...

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard...

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard...

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that...

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that...

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate...

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate...

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land...

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land...

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the...

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the...

The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of...

The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of...

There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of...

There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of...

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his...

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his...

Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to...

Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to...

What we prepare for is what we shall get.

What we prepare for is what we shall get.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to...

The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to...

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil...

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil...

Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence,...

Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence,...

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very...

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very...

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial,...

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial,...

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they...

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they...

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800...

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800...

Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define...

Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define...