Monday, August 28, 2006

A Good Quote

"Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers depends upon their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or social morality, which in any way lessens initiative, is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers. Let social busy-bodies and professional 'public morals experts' in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare." - Samuel Gompers

2 comments:

tugboatcapn said...

Exact-a-mundo.

Especially when those "social busy-bodies and professional 'public morals experts'" engage in their machinations for no other purpose than to perpetuate their own Political Power, and the Political Power of their Party.

Shame on anyone who would use the misfortunes of others, or Class Hatred for personal or Political Gain for themselves!

Lone Ranger said...

This describes exactly Johnson's War on Poverty. Johnson's programs did more to destroy black families than slavery ever did. And they created generations of people of all ethnicities who became dependent on the government and helpless to help themselves.

Every time I see a housing project implode, I think of Johnson.