Ideas Control The World.

Coercion Is The Basis Of Every Law In The Universe,--human Or Divine. A Law Is Not Law Without Coercion Behind It.

To All Our Means Of Culture Is Added The Powerful Incentive To Personal Ambition, No Post Of Honor Is So High But The Poorest May Hope To Reach It.

Real Political Issues Cannot Be Manufactured By The Leaders Of Political Parties, And Real Ones Cannot Be Evaded By Political Parties. The Real Political Issues Of The Day Declare Themselves, And Come Out Of The Depths Of That Deep Which We Call Public Opinion.

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.

I Must Do Something To Keep My Thoughts Fresh And Growing. I Dread Nothing So Much As Falling Into A Rut And Feeling Myself Becoming A Fossil.