That Which Is Unjust Can Really Profit

How Vainly Shall We Endeavor To Repress Crime By Our Barbarous Punishment Of The Poorer Class Of Criminals So Long As Children Are Reared In The Brutalizing Influences Of Poverty, So Long As The Bite Of Want Drives Men To Crime.

As Mazzini Said ... It Is Around The Standard Of Duty Rather Than Around The Standard Of Self-interest That Men Must Rally To Win The Rights Of Man. And Herein May We See The Deep Philosophy Of Him Who Bade Men Love Their Neighbors As Themselves. In That Spirit, And In No Other, Is The Power To Solve Social Problems And Carry Civilization Onward.

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.

So Long As All The Increased Wealth Which Modern Progress Brings Goes But To Build Up Great Fortunes, To Increase Luxury And Make Sharper The Contrast Between The House Of Have And The House Of Want, Progress Is Not Real And Cannot Be Permanent.

It Is Not The Business Of Government To Make Men Virtuous Or Religious, Or To Preserve The Fool From The Consequences Of His Own Folly. Government Should Be Repressive No Further Than Is Necessary To Secure Liberty By Protecting The Equal Rights Of Each From Aggression On The Part Of Others, And The Moment Governmental Prohibitions Extend Beyond This Line They Are In Danger Of Defeating The Very Ends They Are Intended To Serve.