liberty & the american experience part ii. “of all the enemies of true liberty, war is,...
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Liberty& the American Experience
Part II
“Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the
most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the
germ of every other.” James Madison, 1795
Look with “utmost horror and detestation” on anyone who “wishes,
under any specious pretenses, to overturn
the liberties of our country.”
Look with “utmost horror and detestation” on anyone who “wishes,
under any specious pretenses, to overturn
the liberties of our country.”
“Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only
gray but almost blind in
your service.”
“Having now finishedthe work assigned me,I retire from the greattheatre of action, andbidding an affectionatefarewell to this augustbody under whose ordersI have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take leave of all the employments of public life.”George Washington, December 23, 1783
“Having now finishedthe work assigned me,I retire from the greattheatre of action, andbidding an affectionatefarewell to this augustbody under whose ordersI have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take leave of all the employments of public life.”George Washington, December 23, 1783
“A wise and frugal Government, which shall
restrain men from injuring one another,
shall leave them otherwise free to regulate
their own pursuits of industry and
improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has
earned.”Thomas Jefferson, 1801
“The tea has been thrown overboard; the revolution of
1860 has been initiated.”Charleston Mercury, November 8, 1860.
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I
would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I
would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do
that.” Abraham Lincoln, 1862
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“Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the
most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the
germ of every other.” James Madison, 1795
It is only through enforced standardization of methods,
enforced adoption of the best implements and working conditions, and enforced
cooperation that this faster work can be assured. And the duty of
enforcing the adoption of standards and enforcing this
cooperation rests with management alone.
I can say, without the slightest hesitation, that the science of
handling pig-iron is so great that the man who is ... physically able
to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently phlegmatic and stupid to choose this for his occupation is
rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron.