The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

You do not know our culture our ethics or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.

He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to do so in things natural and earthly how much more then in spiritual?

Where the people possess no authority their rights obtain no respect.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained will be permanent whether to individuals or nations unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

Peace above all things is to be desired but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Do not overrate what you have received nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

What nature requires is obtainable and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.