Where There Is Authority, There Is No

A National Movement, Which Does Not Include In Its Platform The Demand For An Economical Change Advantageous To The Masses Has No Chance Of Success Unless Supported By Foreign Aid.

True Progress Lies In The Direction Of Decentralization, Both Territorial And Functional, In The Development Of The Spirit Of Local And Personal Initiative, And Of Free Federation From The Simple To The Compound, In Lieu Of The Present Hierarchy From The Centre To The Periphery.

The Mutual-aid Tendency In Man Has So Remote An Origin, And Is So Deeply Interwoven With All The Past Evolution Of The Human Race, That Is Has Been Maintained By Mankind Up To The Present Time, Notwithstanding All Vicissitudes Of History.

In Existing States A Fresh Law Is Looked Upon As A Remedy For Evil. Instead Of Themselves Altering What Is Bad, People Begin By Demanding A Law To Alter It.

Poverty, The Existence Of The Poor, Was The First Cause Of Riches.