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

Quote by William Graham Sumner

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The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in...

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to...

Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and...

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and...

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...

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...

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...