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The most fatnous self-made
man in the world today is
our own Edison . Talk rvitb
Mr Edison <strong>and</strong> he will
tell you he owes much if
not most ofbis success
to omnivorous reading .
FotzsEs is one ofhis favorite
publications. <strong>How</strong>
closely he reads it can
be pathered from a letter
just received from him in
which he asks the editor
to forivard a lonjanalytical
letter to the writer of
a series ofarticles which
contained tmo fzgaares Mr .
Edison questions, <strong>and</strong> he
wants to know exactly on
what authority or investigation
they were based .
Both letters mere the product
of :pfr : Edison <strong>and</strong> were
signed by him .
-B .C . FoaBrs
A Text . . .
As for God, his way is
perfect: the word of
the Lord is tried . He
is a buckler to all
those that trust
in him .
-PsALMS 18 :30
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Cranga, Calif.
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States are made up
of a considerable number
of the ignorant <strong>and</strong>
foolish, a small proportion
of genuine knaves,
<strong>and</strong> a sprinkling
of capable <strong>and</strong> honest men,
by whose efforts the former
are kept in a reasonable
state of guidance <strong>and</strong> the
latter of repression .
-Txontws Hu.eLEr
The state is made for man,
not man for the state .
-ALBERT EINSTEIN
There will never be a really
free <strong>and</strong> enlightened state
until the state comes to
recognize the individual as
a higher <strong>and</strong> independent
power, from which all its
ownn power <strong>and</strong> authority
are derived, <strong>and</strong> treats
him accordingly .
-HENRY D :xv3D Txont_aU
The state is the great
fictitious entin, bv
which eseryone seeks to
live at the expense
of everyone else .
-CLr1UDE-FRED2RIC BASTIAT
A thous<strong>and</strong> vears scarce serve
to form a state ; an hour may
lav it in the dust,
-LoaD BYRON
The modern state no longer
has anything but rights, it
does not recognize duties
any more .
-GEORGES BeR.`JANOS
To commit violent <strong>and</strong> unjust
acts, it is not enough for
a government to have the will
or even the power, the
habits, ideas <strong>and</strong> passions
of the time must lend themselves
to their committal .
.A L°_xls DE TOCQUEVILL F,
200
In the birth of societies it
is the chiefs of states who
give it its special character;
<strong>and</strong> afterward it is this
special character that forms
the chiefs of state .
-N'IONTESQL[EU
Nothing doth more hurt in
a state than that cmmning
men pass for wise .
-FRASCis BAr_oN
Every actual state is
corrupt. Good men must
not obev the laws too well .
-R+tPH iVALDO EMERSON
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A state without some means
of change is without the
means of its conservation-
-EDMUND BURKE
The most essential mental
qualitv for a free people,
whose liberty is to be progressive,
permanent, <strong>and</strong> on a
large scale, is much stupidity .
-WALTER BdCGEHOT
A decent provision for the
poor is the true test of
civilization,
-SAMUEL JO :iNSON
The true wealth of a state
consists in the number of
its inhabitants, in their
toil <strong>and</strong> industry .
-NAPOLEON
Whiskey is carried into
[congressional] commitree
rooms in demijohns <strong>and</strong>
carried out in demagogues .
-MvR[c Ttv.jiN
Forbes 0 August 14, 1995
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