The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but a stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of aggregated capital to serve civilization, and that the new developments will be made right here in America.
Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable.
Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.
The war begins to make itself felt very near to us.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world.
No war is inevitable until it breaks out.