The Forgotten Man and Other Essays (corrected edition)
- William Graham Sumner (author)
- Albert Galloway Keller (editor)
24 essays and papers on topics ranging from protection, gold and silver currency, commercial crises, strikes, sociology, and education.
Key Quotes
Taxation
In the definition the word “people” was used for a class or section of the population. It is now asserted that if that section rules, there can be no paternal, that is, undue, government. That doctrine, however, is the very opposite of liberty and contains the most vicious error possible in…
Food & Drink
When you see a drunkard in the gutter, you are disgusted, but you pity him. When a policeman comes and picks him up you are satisfied. You say that “society” has interfered to save the drunkard from perishing. Society is a fine word, and it saves us the trouble of thinking to say that society acts.…