A Good, Very Good, Not To Say

The Protection Of The Masses Has In All Times Been The Pretense Of Tyranny - The Plea Of Monarchy, Of Aristocracy, Of Special Privilege Of Every Kind. The Slave Owners Justified Slavery As Protecting The Slaves.

What Protectionism Teaches Us, Is To Do To Ourselves In Time Of Peace What Enemies Seek To Do To Us In Time Of War.

It Is Too Narrow An Understanding Of Production Which Confines It Merely To The Making Of Things. Production Includes Not Merely The Making Of Things, But The Bringing Of Them To The Consumer. The Merchant Or Storekeeper Is Thus As Truly A Producer As Is The Manufacturer, Or Farmer, And His Stock Or Capital Is As Much Devoted To Production As Is Theirs.

Everybody Works But The Vacant Lot

Whence Shall Come The New Barbarians? Go Through The Squalid Quarters Of Great Cities, And You May See, Even Now, Their Gathering Hordes! How Shall Learning Perish? Men Will Cease To Read, And Books Will Kindle Fires And Be Turned Into Cartridges.