In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? For their own selfish need to increase their own personal power.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
Inflammatory passion and selfish interest characterizes most men, whereas ambition characterizes men who pursue and hold national office. Such men rise from the people through a process of self-selection, since politics is a dirty business that discourages all but the most ambitious.
Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.