There Are People Into Whose

The People Themselves Must Think, Because The People Alone Can Act.

Compare Society To A Boat. Her Progress Through The Water Will Not Depend Upon The Exertion Of Her Crew, But Upon The Exertion Devoted To Propelling Her. This Will Be Lessened By Any Expenditure Of Force In Fighting Among Themselves, Or In Pulling In Different Directions.

Whoever Becomes Imbued With A Noble Idea Kindles A Flame From Which Other Torches Are Lit, And Influences Those With Whom He Comes In Contact, Be They Few Or Many. How Far That Influence, Thus Perpetuated, May Extend, It Is Not Given To Him Here To See.

To Prevent Government From Becoming Corrupt And Tyrannous, Its Organization And Methods Should Be As Simple As Possible, Its Functions Be Restricted To Those Necessary To The Common Welfare, And In All Its Parts It Should Be Kept As Close To The People And As Directly Within Their Control As May Be.

At The Beginning Of This Marvelous Era It Was Natural To Expect, And It Was Expected, That Laborsaving Inventions Would Lighten The Toil And Improve The Condition Of The Laborer; That The Enormous Increase In The Power Of Producing Wealth Would Make Real Poverty A Thing Of The Past... From Progress And Poverty, To Those Who, Seeing The Vice And Misery That Spring From The Unequal Distribution Of Wealth And Privilege, Feel The Possibility Of A Higher Social State And Would Strive For Its Attainment.