The Notes (16 page)

H
ad there not been older men to undo the damage done by the young, there would be no states.

Aspasia, Friend of Socrates, 429 B.C.

I
am baffled by Sparta, by its ugliness, its bigotry, its single minded dedication to turning out citizens who are anonymous efficient instruments of war. They are hemmed in by prejudice, allowed no contact with the outside world, have no choice but to believe what they are told.

William Penn

I
f men be good govt. cannot then be bad.

Arnold Toynbee

H
ist. is the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs & the thunder of hobnail boots coming up.

Bastiat Addressing National Assembly—France, 12/12/1849

W
hen the people are encouraged to turn to govt. to settle all of their problems for them the basis of revolutions is thereby established. For then the people expect the govt. to provide them with all the material things they want. And when these things are not forthcoming they resort to violence to get them & why not since the govt. itself has told them that these responsibilities belong to govt. rather than to them? I am convinced that the revolution would not be possible, if the only relationship between govt. & the people was to guaranty them their liberty & security.

Bastiat

P
eople are beginning to realize that the apparatus of govt. is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them.

Founder Salvation Army—William Booth, At 83 & Nearly Blind

W
hile women weep as they do now—I’ll fight. While little children go hungry as they do now—I’ll fight. While there is a poor lost girl upon the street—I’ll fight. While there yet remains one dark soul without the light of God I’ll fight. I’ll fight to the very end.

Dr. James Conant

T
he greater proportion of our youth who attend private schools the greater the threat to our Dem. Unity.

National Ed. Association 1934 Report

A
dying laissez-faire must be completely destroyed and all of us including the owners must be subjected to a large degree of social control.

Yrs. Ago John D. Rockefeller Put His Asst. Fred Gates in Charge of His Tax Free Ed. Board. Paper No. 1 Said:

I
n our dreams we have limitless resources & the people yield themselves with perfect docility to our molding hands. The present educational conventions fade from our minds & unhampered by tradition we work our own good will upon a grateful & responsive rural folk.

Samuel Gompers

D
oing for people what they can & ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis the welfare of the workers depends on their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy for
social morality
which in any way lessens initiative is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers. Let social busy bodies & professional morals experts in their pads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under the pretense of social welfare.