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“The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not reform, the iron fist of the welfare state and the controlled economy. This includes the end (not the reform) of the IRS, the DEA, the BATF, the SEC, the FDA, HUD, the departments of HHS, Labor, Agriculture, and energy, and every other agency that takes money from some and gives it to others or interferes with peaceful behavior.”

“No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so after his day's work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load.”

Men Done Enough Helping Energy Community Hours Share He Man Bears Citizens Cost Labor Management Sufficient Load Time And Energy Good Citizen Cost Of Living

Book:The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt

Source: The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt

“Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.”

Men Life Is Energy He Man Labor Useless Dull Labour Conquest

Book:Tupper's complete poetical works: containing

Source: Tupper's complete poetical works: containing

“Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.”

Firsts Light Individual Energy Nations Progress Failing Industry Civilization Blessing Spring Labor Roots Perseverance Prudence Stimulus Chastisement

Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant a virtue in its place; otherwise he will have his labor to renew. A strong soil that has produced weeds may be made to produce wheat with far less difficulty than it would cost to make it produce nothing.”

Should Trying May Littles Made Enough Energy Strong Virtue Produce Cost Labor Roots Constitution Difficulty Plant Vices Soil Weed Wheat

Author:Charles Caleb Colton

“Habit is a good thing for the human race. ... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day when you have no habits that you don't have any left for productive labor.”

Humans Energy Left Race Habit Labor Good Things Human Race Productive

Book:The Women's Room

Source: The Women's Room

“The welfare, the happiness, the energy and spirit of the men and women who do the daily workis the underlying necessity of all prosperity.... There can be nothing wholesome unless their life is wholesome; there can be no contentment unless they are contented.”

Men Life Is Spirit Energy He Man Men And Women Labor Workers Prosperity Welfare Contentment Daily Work

Book:Works: ¬The new freedom of call for the emancipation of the generous energies of a people

Source: Works: ¬The new freedom of call for the emancipation of the generous energies of a people

“How soon the labor of men would make a paradise of the earth were it not for misgovernment and a diversion of his energies to selfish interests.”

Men Earth Energy Interest Labor Selfish Paradise Diversion Selfish Interest

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“... continual hard labor deadens the energies of the soul, and benumbs the faculties of the mind; the ideas become confined, the mind barren, and, like the scorching sands of Arabia, produces nothing; or, like the uncultivated soil, brings forth thorns and thistles. Again, continual hard labor irritates our tempers and sours our dispositions; the whole system become worn out with toil and fatigue; nature herself becomes almost exhausted, and we care but little whether we live or die.”

Mind Littles Ideas Soul Hard Whole Care Dies Energy Produce Labor Soil Sand Faculty Temper Worn Exhausted Disposition Toil Fatigue Confined Thorns Barren Arabia Worn Out Thistles Scorching

Author:Maria W. Stewart