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.

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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...

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...

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...

There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.

There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started...

Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started...

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that...

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that...

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,...

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...

We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate...

We are to see the development of the country pushed forward at an unprecedented rate...

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.

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces...

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces...

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...

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...

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...

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as...

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as...

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...

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

What we prepare for is what we shall get.

What we prepare for is what we shall get.

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living...

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living...

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...