The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way， so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs， or impede their efforts to obtain it.
To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller， is to lay a tax on industry and economy； to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.
War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things； the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
