Ideas Control The World.

Right Reason Is Stronger Than Force.

Statistical Science Is Indispensable To Modern Statesmanship. In Legislation As In Physical Science It Is Beginning To Be Understood That We Can Control Terrestrial Forces Only By Obeying Their Laws. The Legislator Must Formulate In His Statutes Not Only The National Will, But Also Those Great Laws Of Social Life Revealed By Statistics.

The Civil Service Can Never Be Placed On A Satisfactory Basis Until It Is Regulated By Law.

Battles Are Never The End Of War; For The Dead Must Be Buried And The Cost Of The Conflict Must Be Paid.

It Is Not Part Of The Functions Of The National Government To Find Employment For People - And If We Were To Appropriate A Hundred Millions For This Purpose, We Should Be Taxing Forty Millions Of People To Keep A Few Thousand Employed.