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Those Mutually Opposed Manifestos Are Written With The Same Eloquence, They Breathe The Same Virtuous Indignation, And One Is Just As Sincere As The Other; That Is To Say Both Of Them Are Equally Brazen In Their Lies, And It Is Only Fools Who Are Deceived By Them. Sensible Persons, All Those Who Have Had Some Political Experience, Do Not Even Take The Trouble Of Reading Such Manifestos.

Priests, Kings, Statesmen, Soldiers, Bankers And Public Functionaries Of All Sorts; Policemen, Jailers And Hangmen; Capitalists, Usurers, Businessmen And Property-owners; Lawyers, Economists And Politicians - All Of Them, Down To The Meanest Grocer, Repeat In Chorus The Words Of Voltaire, That If There Were No God It Would Be Necessary To Invent Him.

From The Naturalistic Point Of View, All Men Are Equal. There Are Only Two Exceptions To This Rule Of Naturalistic Equality: Geniuses And Idiots.

Liberty Is So Great A Magician, Endowed With So Marvelous A Power Of Productivity, That Under The Inspiration Of This Spirit Alone, North America Was Able Within Less Than A Century To Equal, And Even Surpass, The Civilization Of Europe.

Nationality Is Not A Universal Human Principle But An Historical, Local Fact...every Nation, Even A Small One, Has Its Own Character, Its Own Particular Way Of Life And Manner Of Speaking, Feeling, Thinking, And Behaving. These Distinctive Features Are The Essence Of Nationality, The Product Of A Nation's Entire History And Conditions Of Existence. Every Nation, Like Every Individual, Is Of Necessity What It Is, And Has An Unquestionable Right To Be Itself. So-called National Rights Consist Precisely Of This.