“The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the proper government authorities will not succeed, in my judgment, in checking the progress of the movement. But if they did succeed they would find that they had sown the wind and would surely reap the whirlwind, for they would ultimately provoke the violent excesses which accompany a reform coming by convulsion instead of by steady and natural growth.” IfsMenTryingGovernmentTodayGrowthInterestNaturalWealthBusinessProgressMovementHe ManWindSucceedAuthorityJudgmentViolentReformExcessSteadyRegulationProvokingReapAccompanyWhirlwind Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one.” MenWarGovernmentWaterHurtDemocracyDangerWindSafeShotsWetMonarchy Book:Labor, with Preludes on Current Events Source: Labor, with Preludes on Current Events