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Page 433 - All courts shall be open, and every man, for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due
Page 233 - Seest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings. He shall not stand before mean men.
Page 389 - The president of the sugar trust, before a special committee of the United States Senate, testified that this " politics of business " was the custom of "every individual and corporation and firm, trust, or whatever you call it." ' Asked if he contributed to the State campaign funds, he said : " We always do that. ... In the State of New
Page 390 - York, where the Democratic majority is between 40,000 and 50,000, we throw it their way. In the State of Massachusetts, where the Republican party is doubtful, they probably have the call. . . . Wherever there is a dominant party, wherever the majority is very large, that is the party that gets the contribution, because that is the party which controls the local matters"—which
Page 1 - this plenty ripening on the boughs of our civilization and the people hungering for it step the "cornerers," the syndicates, trusts, combinations, with the cry of "overproduction"— too much of everything. Holding back the riches of earth, sea, and sky from their fellows who famish
Page 439 - throughout the entire country, and by which it might not merely control the production but the price at its pleasure. All such associations are contrary to the policy of our State and void.
Page 10 - Indeed, it is doubtful if free government can long exist in a country where such enormous amounts of money are allowed to be accumulated in the vaults of corporations, to be used at discretion in controlling the property and business of the country against the interest of the public and that of the people, for the personal gain and aggrandizement of a few individuals.
Page 491 - than the owners. The virtue of the people is taking the place Poor Richard thought only the eye of the owner could fill. If mankind, driven by their fears and the greed of others, can do so well, what will be their productivity and cheer when the " interest of all
Page 328 - pleas urged for King Charles : " For his private virtues they are beside the question. If he oppress and extort all day, shall he be held blameless because he prayeth at night and morning
Page 145 - Scott with three hundred and fifty millions in his hands, and if he walks through the States they have no power. Why, he need not move at all; if he smokes, as Grant does, a puff of the waste smoke out of his mouth upsets the legislatures.